Maybe. There’s only one reference to Tolkien being aware of the manuscript and it is anecdotal hearsay that could be fictional. The Voynich manuscript was rather famous at the time of its ‘discovery’ and definitely something Tolkien would have had an interesting in examining.
Spaceman84 1 points 5 hours ago
Maybe. There’s only one reference to Tolkien being aware of the manuscript and it is anecdotal hearsay that could be fictional. The Voynich manuscript was rather famous at the time of its ‘discovery’ and definitely something Tolkien would have had an interesting in examining.
https://conlang.stackexchange.com/questions/352/was-tolkien-aware-of-the-voynich-manuscript
https://ciphermysteries.com/2008/01/16/voynich-manuscript-in-existing-novels