VMs: New book on VMS

[Leonard Fox <rockandhawk@xxxxxxx>]

Perhaps I missed a discussion of this book, but has anyone read "El
manuscrito Voynich" by Manuel M. Perez-Ruiz? It was published in May, 2003,
by Editorial Oceano in Chile. From the brief description on Ed. Oceano's web
page, it appears to be a summary of known information and speculations, as
well as an attempt to connect VMS with various occult groups. In any event,
here is the publisher's description, for those who can read Spanish.

 
Titulo : MANUSCRITO VOYNICH, EL
Autor : PEREZ RUIZ MARIO
Fondo Editorial: OCEANO-AMBAR
Colección : 
ISBN : 8475562167 
Código de Producto: 6754
Año de Impresion : 2003

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Reseña : El manuscrito hallado en 1912 por el librero neoyorquino Alfred
Voynich; conocido como documento Salomón y como "el libro más raro del
mundo". Escrito en una lengua de caracteres desconocidos y oscuras
ilustraciones que encierran grimorios de origen no terrestre. Científicos
que investigaron estas esfinges desaparecieron en extrañas circunstancias.
Observaremos mutaciones en plantas sagradas, alucinógenos, alquimia, cábala
y un desfile de personajes esotéricos y literarios que tuvieron relación con
el texto. Ramon Llull (propuesto aquí como autor), R. Bacon, N. Flamel,
Víctor Hugo, John Dee, Paracelso, Isaac Newton, Athanasius Kircher, G. de
Nerval, Fausto, G. Bruno, G.A. Bécquer, H.P. Lovecraft, Julio Cortázar....se
mezclan en un libro tan ágil como erudito con respecto a los orígenes de la
masonería, los secretos del priorato de Sión, el alma, los sueños, el
significado de las leyendas y los estados modificados de consciencia en
busca de los mundos subyacentes. TAPA RÚSTICA.

Este producto esta en nuestro catalogo desde lunes 19 mayo, 2003.
     
sábado 26 julio, 2003  
Ediciones Oceano de Chile S.A. - EDOSA S.A.

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I have been following the messages on this list with great interest,
especially with regard to identifying the language in which VMS may be
written. As one who, for quite a number of years, taught historical and
descriptive Indo-European and non-Indo-European linguistics (as well as
Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, Russian, Provençal, Albanian, Malagasy, Ge'ez,
Georgian, and other languages of the Caucasus) at New York University and
other schools in Pennsylvania and South Carolina, it seems to me that an
application of the principle of Occam's Razor to the language of VMS would
perhaps be more in order than attempts to identify it as a non-Indo-European
language (with the possible exception of Hungarian or even Basque)  with
which someone writing in fifteenth-century Europe would be familiar enough
to write an extended treatise that probably includes technical terminology
of some sort. I do realize that many suggestions have been made that point
in the Occam's Razor direction - Latin, English, etc. - and, personally, I
think that success may ultimately lie in the pursuit of this path.

Best wishes.

Leonard Fox    

 

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