Drawings of plant parts (roots, leaves) next to apothecary-style jars. The Top Theories
It is officially designated as MS 408 and is held at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library .
Numerous drawings of small nude women in interconnected tubs or "vats" of liquid. Cosmological: Complex, often fold-out, circular diagrams.
Carbon dating of the vellum (parchment) places its creation between 1404 and 1438 .
Some researchers suggest the plants and bathing scenes are actually stylized diagrams for medical procedures, alchemy, or even early biological observations hidden from the Church.
It was found in 1912 by book dealer Wilfrid Voynich at a Jesuit college in Italy.