Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript has awed us with its indecipherable language, elusive author, and an odd grouping of illustrations of foliage, astrological charts, and naked women bathing. Whether its an elaborate 15th century hoax, the strange work of the Franciscan friar Roger Bacon (1214-1292) or the ravings of a madman, as a work of art, it's wonderfully intriguing and elegant. Check out the fully digitized manuscript at the Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (type in Voynich Manuscript).