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New multispectral analysis of Voynich manuscript reveals hidden details

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Lisa Fagin Davis has analyzed images of the Voynich manuscript.

She concludes that it's unlikely to be a forgery and is a genuine medieval document.

The manuscript is a 15th century medieval handwritten text dated between 1404 and 1438 .

It is heavily illustrated with bizarre pictures of alien plants, naked women, strange objects, and zodiac symbols.