Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1928, n.d.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1928, n.d.

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Consists of two letters dated 24 and 25 April 1928 to Charles J. Mendelsohn, concerning William Newbold's book The Cipher of Roger Bacon. Includes Friedman's ms. review of the book and various notes on it and other cryptographic matters, as well as xerox copies of 2 leaves of the notes. Friedman was not convinced by Newbold's arguments in favor of the theory that the Voynich manuscript was written by Roger Bacon.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Mendelsohn, Charles J. (Charles Jastrow), 1880-1939

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Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294

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Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926

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Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, and subsequently pursued graduate work there in philosophy, earning a Ph.D. in 1891; taught at Penn from around 1892, becoming a full professor in 1903; in 1907 named the Adam Seybert Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, a position he held until his death. From the description of Annotations in a copy of Cicero's De natura deorum, edited by Joseph B. Mayor (1880-1885), ca. 1892-1926. (University of Pennsylvania Library). ...

Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930

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Epithet: bookseller, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x000086 Antiquarian bookseller. Voynich, a Polish revolutionary, left Polandfor London and eventually settled in New York, where he became a dealer in rare books and manuscripts with shops in New York and London. The business was liquidated after his death. The "Voynich Manuscript," a manuscript in code that he disco...

Friedman, William F. (William Frederick), 1891-1969

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William F. Friedman was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States with his family as a child. Trained as a plant geneticist, he worked as a cryptologist in the private sector before joining the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, U.S. War Dept., in December 1919 as chief cryptanalyst. From the description of Cryptography translations : typescripts, 1924-1934. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122629190 ...