Comments on: Where can I get a reproduction of the Voynich Manuscript?

Question: Where can I get a reproduction of the Voynich Manuscript?

dmd — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:58:46 -0800

Where can I purchase a color-nicely bound reproduction of the Voynich Manuscript?

Preferably without interleaved commentary. I really just would like it for its artistic qualities, to be a companion to the Codex Seraphinianus.

By: archagon

archagon — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:20:42 -0800

This might be what you're looking for, but I'm not sure if it's in color.
ISBN: 2350130223

By: archagon

archagon — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:22:45 -0800

Never mind, it's in color according to this website.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:54:45 -0800

I have a copy of the edition archagon mentions: it's apparently the first full, colour facsimile of the manuscript to be published. There's an introduction &c. in French, but the bulk of the volume is devoted to reproductions of the manuscript pages.

By: dmd

dmd — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:03:06 -0800

misteraitch: It's nicely printed and worth the money, then? I've always wanted one.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:12:12 -0800

dmd: I would say yes--it's a good-quality hardcover art-book. In my estimation it doesn't have the same visual impact as the Codex Seraphinianus: the manuscript pages are reproduced not-quite full-page, so there's always the feeling one is looking at photographs of the book, and never quite the illusion of leafing through the manuscript itself. Also, many of the Voynich MS. illustrations are quite crude and 'unartistic,' but even so, it remains a fascinating document to leaf through.

By: scalefree

scalefree — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:02:08 -0800

There's now a Flickr set of the Voynich images (via Boing Boing).

By: dmd

dmd — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:29:37 -0800

(I'm 3e. That's my Flickr set.)