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ISBN/EAN: 9783319772943

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978-3-319-77294-3
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Autor des Buches: tück, jules
Titel des Buches: voynich, codex, the code

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Autor/in: Jules Janick; Arthur O. Tucker
Titel: Fascinating Life Sciences; Unraveling the Voynich Codex
Verlag: Springer; Springer International Publishing
412 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018-08-16
Cham; CH
Sprache: Englisch
64,19 € (DE)
66,00 € (AT)
71,00 CHF (CH)
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XVI, 412 p. 311 illus., 169 illus. in color.

EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Biologie/Botanik; Pflanzenbiologie; Verstehen; Mesoamerica; Cryptography; Ancient manuscript; Lost language; Herbal; Botany; Systematic Botany; B; Plant Evolution; History; Natural Language Processing (NLP); Evolutionary Theory; Archaeology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Evolution; Geschichte; Geschichtsschreibung, Historiographie; Natürliche Sprachen und maschinelle Übersetzung; Archäologie; BB

reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time.

century Mexico. 

INTRODUCTION.- FOREWORD.- PART I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VOYNICH CODEX.- The Voynich Manuscript.- Description of Manuscript. Historical Context.- PART II. EVIDENCE OF MESOAMERICAN ORIGINS.- Phytomorph and Mineral Identification.- Plants as the Rosetta Stone for Decipherment.- Zoomorph Identification.- Nymphs and Ritual Bathing.- Zodiac.- Astronomical Images.- Kabbalah Map of Motolinia’s Angelopolis.- PART III. DECIPHERMENT.- Cryptological Analyses.- Relation to MesoAmerican Languages.- Progress and Problems in Decipherment. PART IV. THE AUTHOR/ARTIST.- Portrait of the Artist/Author.- Voynich Codex Claimans. Conjecutures, Conclusions, and Future Studies.

“For future research on the codex, I would recommend more engagement with historians, but these authors are to be recognized for their detailed and multi faceted, multi-disciplinary study of this enigmatic work.” (Paula Devos, Economic Botany, Vol. 74 (2), 2020)

Dr. Jules Janick, James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University, is a renowned editor of scientific journals and has published widely on horticulture, genetics and breeding, horticultural history, art, and iconography.

Dr. Arthur O. Tucker, Professor Emeritus at Delaware State University, is the former Director of the Claude E. Phillips Herbarium and is a recognized worldwide authority on plant and herb identification. 

Fernando A. Moreira, project consultant in Alberta, Canada, is an independent researcher in medical and Mesoamerican iconography (flora and fauna), historical linguistics, and ethnology of pre-Columbian and contact period of Mexico and Guatemala.

reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time.

century Mexico.