The Rohonc Code: Tracing a Historical Riddle - Couverture souple

Láng, Benedek

 
9780271090207: The Rohonc Code: Tracing a Historical Riddle
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0271090200 ISBN 13 : 9780271090207
Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021

Synopsis

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 Láng's search to uncover the truth about this thoroughly mysterious book that has puzzled dozens of codebreakers.

Láng 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 create an artificial language or to find a long-lost perfect tongue--endeavors that were especially popular at the time the Codex was made. Lastly, he tests several codebreaking methods in order to decipher the Codex, finally pointing to a possible solution to the enigma of its content and language system.

Engagingly written, academically grounded, and thoroughly compelling, The Rohonc Code will appeal to historians, scholars, and lay readers interested in mysteries, codes, and ciphers.

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À propos de l?auteur

Benedek Láng is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and History of Science at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He is the author of Unlocked Books: Manuscripts of Learned Magic in the Medieval Libraries of Central Europe, also published by Penn State University Press.

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Éditeur
Pennsylvania State University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0271090200
ISBN 13 
9780271090207
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
176
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