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Cipher Mysteries comment policy change… 27 Aug 2013 | 04:32 am
Since I started Cipher Mysteries several years ago, I’ve tried to follow a fairly laissez faire comment moderation – basically, as long as it wasn’t spammy / sweary / abusive, I’d approve it. But rec...
Pirate Treasure Maps – Does X Mark The Spot? 9 Aug 2013 | 12:56 am
Is there any such thing as a pirate treasure map? Somewhat surprisingly, if you ask just about any academic or maritime historian with an interest in the subject, the chances are they’ll tell you no. ...
Voynich “Glossodahlia” book… 6 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
Let’s imagine you had two fairly unhealthy (but specific) obsessions: (1) retro jars, bottles and containers, and (2) the Voynich Manuscript. When added together, might these two wrongs somehow make a...
Dorabella Cipher Ultimate SmackDown – Eric Sams vs Beatrice Gwynn? 4 Aug 2013 | 04:42 pm
In the red corner we have #1 codebreaking musicologist Eric Sams: and in the blue corner, historical mystery specialist Beatrice Gwynn! Who will be the winner in tonight’s Dorabella Cipher Ultimate Sm...
Sandra And Woo do the Voynich… The Book of Woo! 30 Jul 2013 | 03:35 am
Online webcomic Sandra And Woo has just taken a detour into CryptoLand, with a Voynich-inspired page called The Book of Woo to celebrate its 500th edition. What’s more, author Oliver Knöerzer (AKA “Ke...
Jabron Cryptogram update… 28 Jul 2013 | 10:09 pm
A fresh new day, and a fresh set of web searches brings up useful information on the Jabron Cryptogram that so intrigued Alfred Weysel for his (1972) book “L’Île des Veilleurs”. Firstly, as to where i...
Voynich Manuscript: an Andean Sky God Cathar theory? 27 Jul 2013 | 03:28 pm
Voynich theories are like radish shoots after Spring rain (as Rudy Cambier likes to say) – they keep on popping up. And here’s a new radish shoot theory, courtesy of Morten St George, whose Andean Sky...
La Buse French documentary… 27 Jul 2013 | 01:05 am
There’s a nice-looking 2010 documentary on the pirate/corsair Olivier Levasseur (“La Buse”) being screened on French TV that I unfortunately might just have missed. It’s an episode of the series “Patr...
A Visual Map of Voynich Evidence, Theories & People… 23 Jul 2013 | 11:42 pm
Unless you just happen to have been an expert in Voynichese for a decade or more, making sense of all the evidence and the theories (and even the people) surrounding it can be quite daunting. So I tho...
Flirtation codes! 20 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
Here’s something I stumbled upon recently: a Victorian code world of gloves, handkerchiefs, hats, eyes, parasols and even stamps. Basically, the 1890s saw a craze for flirtation codes, using everyday ...
