Materials Analysis of the Voynich Manuscript

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Title

Materials Analysis of the Voynich Manuscript

Subject

A chemical analysis of the Voynich manuscript.

Description

According to McCrone Associates, Inc (2009), the manuscript is made of vellum (p. 1), iron gall inks (p. 5), azurite (p. 5), “copper-stained amorphous organic material optically consistent with copper resinate, and copper-chloride compounds consistent with atacamite or similar compounds” (p. 6), and gum (p. 6).

Creator

McCrone Associates, Inc.

Source

https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/voynich_analysis.pdf

Publisher

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Date

April 1, 2009

Contributor

Joseph B. Barabe

Format

pdf

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

img_1

Coverage

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Local URL

https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/voynich_analysis.pdf

Citation

McCrone Associates, Inc., “Materials Analysis of the Voynich Manuscript,” Omeka, accessed February 5, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/463.

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