[ - ] Spaceman84 [op] 1 point 14 hoursMay 1, 2025 13:58:56 ago (+1/-0)
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.
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[ - ] Spaceman84 [op] 1 point 14 hoursMay 1, 2025 13:58:56 ago (+1/-0)
https://conlang.stackexchange.com/questions/352/was-tolkien-aware-of-the-voynich-manuscript
https://ciphermysteries.com/2008/01/16/voynich-manuscript-in-existing-novels
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