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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University has published the entire MS in the form of high-resolution and high-quality colour scans. We are greatly indebted to the library for this service. The MS has already been digitised twice. The first time, in 2004, the images were represented in the MrSid format, and also distributed as JPEG's. The second time, in 2014, the images were represented in PNG (and JPEG) format.
Multi-spectral images were taken in 2014, and were made publicly available in 2024, for which see below.
Visit the
>>Digital images database of the Beinecke Rare Book
and MS Library.
These are the images from the second digitisation in 2014.
A very convenient way of browsing the Voynich MS is by using a >>tool developed by Jason Davies called the Voynich MS Voyager. The images used here are those from the first digitisation in 2004. This does not play a big role in most cases, with as main exception the illustration of the zodiac sign Leo, which in this older series is only partially visible.
At the present site, easy access to both sets of digital images is provided via the "MS Browser", which is reached via this button (available on most pages):
In September 2024, Lisa Fagin Davis announced (see her >>blog post) that she had obtained access to the multi-spectral images that were made in 2014, and that these could be made publicly available. Multi-spectral images had been taken of the following pages (links are to the "MS Browser" at this site): f1r, f8r, f17r, f26r, f47r, f70v1, f71r, f93r, f102v1 and f116v.
Originally, also (at least part of) the Rosettes page (f85v+f86r) must have been scanned, as this appeared in Clemens (2016), but this image is not (yet) available.
The images can be accessed on a Google drive >>via this link.
In early December 2024, a member of the Voynich Ninja forum posting under the nickname "oshfdk" processed all images of the MS, using a method that removes the paint, and leaves only the writing and the line drawings. The result is presented >>here.
The gallery of portraits of key people related to the Voynich MS, including previous owners and important analysts, is presented on a separate page.
A gallery of images of the places where the Voynich MS probably resided in the course of its history is equally presented on a separate page.
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