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Language

Did he actually create a language, or at least encrypt sensible plaintext in his alienese, or is the text just nonsense? Or do we not know? EricDerKonig 206.154.229.139 18:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's unclear at this point. Although Serafini's still alive, he doesn't comment on the meaning or inspiration of the work. Hofstatder's essay (cited in article) sheds some interesting light on it. 129.79.117.62 (talk) 15:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So has he just come out and said whether or not it's even a real language or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.98.88.247 (talk) 16:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. Linguists who have looked into it mostly suggest that it is not real. +sj + 03:57, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Link

maybe a citation or link to this article? it provides a pretty good overview of the mystery of the work http://www.believermag.com/issues/200705/?read=article_taylor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.69.101.138 (talk)

It's already in the external links section ;) -- Quiddity (talk) 20:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Price

Should some mention go towards the absurd prices of some editions? Editions can go for up to £3,000! --79.65.96.35 (talk) 18:33, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so, based on the lack of given price in any other book articles. As for the absurd prices, that can be chalked up to Barnum's law ;) See also Book collecting#Prices. -- Quiddity (talk) 19:04, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's not unusual for rare and elegant books. +sj + 03:57, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More images

Images from a few sample book pages would be useful. If someone can get in touch with Serafini to get copyright release for sample images and cover art, that would be perfect. +sj + 03:58, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Voynich maunscript?

Is it worth mentioning the similarity to the Voynich manuscript? Is there any more concrete evidence of VM as inspiration other than gossip on the interwebz? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.217.128.36 (talk) 14:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am confus.

Why does this exist. 86.164.222.172 (talk) 15:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Luigi Serafini did it. --Cyclopia ^talk 15:25, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But why did he do it? What was the point? 86.164.222.172 (talk) 15:50, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Art. --Cyclopia ^talk 15:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nonsense. >: —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.222.172 (talk) 17:47, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you read the article, you'll find that nonsense and art often overlap. There is little I can do if you don't appreciate it. --Cyclopia ^talk 18:59, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that "I am confus" pretty much summarises the commenter's outlook. [[::User:Goochelaar|Goochelaar]] ([[::User talk:Goochelaar|talk]]) 19:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Indentation. 85.100.179.0 (talk) 07:04, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aliens?

I know that the Codex is primarily a meaningless and abstract art book, But was it written from the perspective of Aliens? the article is not exactly clear. 24.60.143.195 (talk) 00:47, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::::::I believe that "I am confus" pretty much summarises the commenter's outlook. [[::User:Goochelaar|<span style='font-family: "Palatino"'>Goochelaar</span>]]&nbsp;([[::User talk:Goochelaar|talk]]) 19:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
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+I know that the Codex is primarily a meaningless and abstract art book, But was it written from the perspective of Aliens? the article is not exactly clear. [[Special:Contributions/24.60.143.195|24.60.143.195]] ([[User talk:24.60.143.195|talk]]) 00:47, 11 September 2011 (UTC)