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6 Books To Check Out If You’re Fascinated By The Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript, a bizarre 15th century document, has inspired numerous books as well as theories about its origins.

10 Things You Need to Know about the Sarajevo Haggadah

10 Things You Need to Know about the Sarajevo Haggadah, a magnificent medieval book that has survived persecution, the Inquisition, the Holocaust, and the Yugoslavian Civil War.

10 Things You Need to Know about the Yonah Pentateuch

10 Things You Need to Know about the Yonah Pentateuch, a medieval manuscript decorated with dragons, knights, and castles made from images that you can read.

10 Things You Need to Know about the Book of the Queen

Ten things you need to know about the medieval Book of the Queen, created and written by Christine de Pizan for Queen Isabeau of France.

10 Things You Need to Know about the Sana’a Pentateuch

Ten things you need to know about the Sana'a Pentateuch, a medieval manuscript from Yemen famous for its images of micrography.

10 Things You Need to Know About the Lisbon Bible

Ten things you need to know about the most accomplished medieval manuscript in the Portuguese style of micrography and illuminations.

10 Things You Need to Know about the Golden Haggadah

The Golden Haggadah, a medieval book with pages literally covered in gold.