![]() ![]() Nonetheless, despite Gibbs’ apparent breakthrough - the culmination of three years’ research - he remains unable to fully translate every recipe, as the manuscript is missing its index. He believes the accompanying images of nude women and healing plants also suggested the text referred to aromatherapy, practised by Greek healer Hippocrates and Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder - and the illustrations of plant remedies, Zodiac charts and instructions on thermal baths indicate whoever wrote the document had a good understanding of medieval medicine.īaths in particular were a healing remedy practised by Greeks and Romans and throughout the Middle Ages - curing gynecological complaints and other female diseases often involved “taking the waters” by bathing or ingesting. Gibbs stated that by studying medieval Latin, it became obvious each character in the Voynich manuscript represented an abbreviated word, not a letter - and when translated, the text outlines standard medical information. Historian Nicholas Gibbs proposed the solution, based on images contained in the elusive Voynich manuscript. ![]() ![]() A mysterious codex written in an indecipherable cipher may be a medieval women’s health manual, according to the latest theory. The book’s intriguing mix of elegant writing and drawings of strange plants and naked women has some believing it holds magical powers. Cryptic Voynich manuscript may actually be guide for medieval women’s health. ![]()
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