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Voynich's Manuscript Is a Hoax
Even if Voynich didn't forge the manuscript, it's still possible that the manuscript is a hoax. There's even a possible suspect, a 16th century oculus named Edward Kelly who claimed he could communicate with angels in a special angelic language. But when the pages were dated using the carbon-14 dating method, an established and reliable dating technique, they were created sometime between 1404 and 1438. This ruling also rules out the possibility that Roger Bacon, who lived in the 13th century, is the author of the book. And there's another reason, even more interesting, to assume that the manuscript isn't a hoax. It has to do with a linguistic rule known