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I feel that the title text is not well enough explained, but I don't know if it's enough to add an incomplete tag. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.163|108.162.254.163]] 03:37, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 
I feel that the title text is not well enough explained, but I don't know if it's enough to add an incomplete tag. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.163|108.162.254.163]] 03:37, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
  
[http://www.santa-coloma.net/voynich_drebbel/voynich.html It has been proposed] that the VM is a token artifact for Francis Bacon's utopian book ''{{W|New Atlantis|New Atlantis}}''. Under this theory, it would be akin to a prop replica made in relatively recent times. --[[User:Ishldgetoutmore|I Should Get Out More]] ([[User talk:Ishldgetoutmore|talk]]) 14:43, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
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[http://www.santa-coloma.net/voynich_drebbel/voynich.html|It has been proposed] that the VM is a token artifact for Francis Bacon's utopian book ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atlantis|New Atlantis]''. Under this theory, it would be akin to a prop replica made in relatively recent times. {{unsigned|Ishldgetoutmore}}
  
 
I feel like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus Codex Seraphinianus] should be mentioned, but I'm not sure how it would fit in. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 17:05, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 
I feel like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus Codex Seraphinianus] should be mentioned, but I'm not sure how it would fit in. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 17:05, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 
Alternately, Megan could be attempting to distract Cueball from his line of questioning about where she got the book, by suggesting they play a game (possibly with the book), to steer the conversation away from the difficult question of where she got it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.232|162.158.75.232]] 15:59, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 
 
Why is Harry Potter part of this explanation? The idea of wolfsbane keeping werewolves at bay isn't anything like that new. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.11|172.69.33.11]] 18:42, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
 
 
Am I the only one that noticed that Druids and Dicotyledons was likely abbreviated as D&D, much like Dungeons and Dragons is today?
 
 
It's a funny thought that it would be some old nerdy conlang that leaves various experts "stumped". [[Special:Contributions/172.70.147.130|172.70.147.130]] 13:51, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 

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