The Rohonc Code
Tracing a Historical Riddle
$65.89
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2021
Summary
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 enga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780271090207 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0271090200 |
| Author: | Benedek Láng, Teodóra Király, Nick Palmer |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
” The Rohonc Code is a valuable guide for how to approach an old unsolved cipher. Historians will benefit from learning some of the mathematical approaches that L
“The Rohonc Code is a valuable guide for how to approach an old unsolved cipher. Historians will benefit from learning some of the mathematical approaches that Láng describes, while mathematicians will benefit from Láng’s detailing of how he pursued potential historical leads.”
—Craig P. Bauer, author of Unsolved! The History and Mystery of the World’s Greatest Ciphers from Ancient Egypt to Online Secret Societies
“This is solid historical research, yet written in a style to make the reader want to read on… . Throughout this enthralling exploration, Láng examines the possibilities that the document might be an artificial language or a cypher or perhaps a shorthand system of some kind.”
—Marcus Williamson Fortean Times
About The Author
Benedek Láng
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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