Some researchers suggest the plants and bathing scenes are actually stylized diagrams for medical procedures, alchemy, or even early biological observations hidden from the Church.

Others argue it is "meaningless gibberish" created in the 15th century to be sold as a rare, "magic" book to wealthy collectors like Emperor Rudolf II.

The manuscript is divided into several thematic parts based on its illustrations:

The remains one of the world's most enduring mysteries: a 240-page book written in an entirely unknown script and filled with bizarre illustrations of non-existent plants, astrological diagrams, and nude women bathing in strange plumbing systems. The Facts

Drawings of plants, though most cannot be identified as known species.

Some believe it's a phonetic representation of an extinct dialect or a precursor to a modern language, like proto-Romance or an encoded form of Hebrew.

Carbon dating of the vellum (parchment) places its creation between 1404 and 1438 .

Drawings of plant parts (roots, leaves) next to apothecary-style jars. The Top Theories