The world’s most mysterious book - Stephen Bax
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Deep inside Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library lies a 240 page tome. Recently carbon dated to around 1420, its pages feature looping handwriting and hand drawn images seemingly stolen from a dream. It is called the Voynich manuscript, and it’s one of history’s biggest unsolved mysteries. The reason why? No one can figure out what it says. Stephen Bax investigates this cryptic work.
Why do you think the Voynich manuscript has resisted decoding for so long?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Stephen Bax
- Director Lisa LaBracio
- Script Editor Brendan Pelsue
- After Effects Animator Kaitlyn Carroll
- Stop Motion Animator Lisa LaBracio
- Composer Stephen LaRosa
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
