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Penn State. Used - Like New. Fine. Paperback. 2021. Originally published at $24.95.

Penn State. New. Fine. Paperback. 2021. Originally published at $24.95.

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Penn State University Press, 2021-04-15. Paperback. Used: Good.

Penn State University Press, 2021-04-15. Paperback. Used:Good.

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Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 2021. Paperback. New. translation edition. 166 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches.

New. First discovered in a Hungarian library in 1838, the Rohonc Codex keeps privileged company with some of the most famous unsolved writing systems in the world, notably the Voynich manuscript, the Phaistos Disk, and Linear A. Written entirely in cipher, this 400-year-old, 450-page-long, richly illustrated manuscript initially gained considerable attention but was later dismissed as an apparent forgery. No serious scholar would study it again until the turn of the twenty-first century. This engaging narrative follows historian Benedek Lang's search to uncover the truth about this thoroughly mysterious book that has puzzled dozens of codebreakers. Lang surveys the fascinating theories associated with the Codex and discusses possible interpretations of the manuscript as a biblical commentary, an apocryphal gospel, or a secret book written for and by a sect. He provides an overview of the secret writing systems known in early modern times and an account of the numerous efforts to… Read More