Unraveling the Voynich Codex
Unraveling the Voynich Codex reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time. The bizarre Voynich Codex has often been referred to as the most mysterious book in the world. Discovered in an Italian Catholic college in 1912 by a Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, it was eventually bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. It contains symbolic language that has defied translation by eminent cryptologists. The codex is encyclopedic in scope and contains sections known as herbal, pharmaceutical, bal…
Mehr
CHF 56.50
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V112:
Lieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Tucker, Arthur O.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-77293-6
- EAN: 9783319772936
- Produktnummer: 25899809
- Verlag: Springer Nature EN
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 412 S.
- Masse: 1 Ex.; H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm 811 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
- Abbildungen: Book; schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen, Tabellen, farbig
- Gewicht: 811
- Sonstiges: Research
Über den Autor
Dr. Jules Janick, James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University, is a renowned editor of scientific journals and has published widely on horticulture, genetics and breeding, horticultural history, art, and iconography.Dr. Arthur O. Tucker, Professor Emeritus at Delaware State University, is the former Director of the Claude E. Phillips Herbarium and is a recognized worldwide authority on plant and herb identification. Fernando A. Moreira, project consultant in Alberta, Canada, is an independent researcher in medical and Mesoamerican iconography (flora and fauna), historical linguistics, and ethnology of pre-Columbian and contact period of Mexico and Guatemala. Dr. Elizabeth A. Flaherty, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University has expertise in wildlife ecology and habitat management
100 weitere Werke von Jules Janick:
Bewertungen
Anmelden