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Marine Monsters of the Middle Ages

An extremely curious and fascinating branch of palaeography, the science that deals with the transcription of ancient documents, is dedicated to the transcription and translation from ancient languages, medieval Latin in particular, of a text…
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Decrypted or not decrypted? That is the question! And the mistery continues

Reputed to be the discovery of the century – just recently press articles excitedly announced that one of the most mysterious ancient texts in the world, the Voynich manuscript had finally been decrypted after more than a century of relentless…