In the early 15th century, an unknown author created one of the most valuable and enigmatic objects in history. This book, the Voynich Manuscript, was a work of incredible craft, its pages a luxury item filled with a script no one could read. Its secrets represented immense potential wealth, a piece of intellectual property perhaps detailing a forgotten trade or a lost market for herbal medicine. For centuries, the manuscript passed through hands like a speculative investment. An alchemist saw i