ScienceHave scholars been reading the Voynich manuscript in the wrong order for centuries?

Researchers argue that the Voynich manuscript’s folded sheets were probably mis-bound in the mid-to-late 15th century, leaving readers to study its pages in the wrong sequence. The finding does not decode its mysterious script, but suggests it may have been a communal set of booklets passing information between generations rather than the work of a lone medieval genius.

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