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An Optical Approach For Decoding The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript

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  • Costin-Anton Boiangiu

    (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)

  • Ana-Karina Nazare

    (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)

  • Andreea Dorina Racoviță

    (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)

  • Iulia-Cristina Stănică

    (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

The current paper presents several optical approaches used for investigating the decoding of the Voynich Manuscript. Over the past century, there have been numerous decipherment claims, but none of them can be accepted as the true solution. Most of them focus on the syntax analysis of the text, trying to correlate the Voynich text with wellknown languages. In the current paper, we present a short history and description of the manuscript, as well as an innovative technique used for attempting its decoding. Our paper presents the use of several optical approaches, such as various distortions, words and character scrambling, in the attempt of correctly identifying voynichese words with the help of OCR.

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  • Costin-Anton Boiangiu & Ana-Karina Nazare & Andreea Dorina Racoviță & Iulia-Cristina Stănică, 2018. "An Optical Approach For Decoding The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript," Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management, Romanian-American University, vol. 12(2), pages 235-248, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rau:jisomg:v:12:y:2018:i:2:p:235-248
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