The Motive for Forgery in Wilfred Voynich

Wilfred Voynich passed away in 1930. His widow sold the manuscript to another antiquities dealer, but the looming suspicion of forgery prevented this dealer as well from selling the book. It was finally donated to Yale University, where it resides to this day. In 1998, a researcher by the name of René Zandbergen came across a previously unknown correspondence between Athmeicius Kirschher and an alchemist living in Prague. The letter predates Johannes Marcy's letter by 26 years; Bark is the earliest known owner of the manuscript.