This is the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University's own catalogue record for Beinecke MS 408, the Voynich Manuscript, its permanent repository since 1969. As the manuscript's legal custodian, the library's own catalogue record is the correct source for its provenance, physical description and holding history. Its limit is that a catalogue record documents custody and physical facts, not the manuscript's undeciphered text or script, so a claim about what the manuscript's content actually means needs a source engaging that unresolved decipherment question directly, which this catalogue record does not attempt.
Facts
Citation
AuthorBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
PublisherYale University
Publication Year2016
URLhttps://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms408.HTM
Source Typecustodian catalogue
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
This is the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University's own catalogue record for Beinecke MS 408, the holding institution's primary custodial documentation of the manuscript, treated at the top tier. NotesHolding-library record for MS 408, the manuscript's permanent repository.
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Custodian BasisHolding library of MS 408: legal custodian responsible for the manuscript's conservation, catalogue record, and public interpretation.
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)
This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 11 claims: 11 well-attested.
- Artifacts & Relics, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
- Custodians & Museums, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
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