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Star Charts From A Strange Book From The Past

Posted by timothy on from the perhaps-someone-is-laughing-at-us dept.

serutan writes: "Today there is a really unusual Astronomy Picture of the Day that talks about a centuries-old book, written in an unknown language that is undeciphered to this date. The 265-page book, with its curly script and weird illustrations, reminds me a lot of a bizarre modern book called the Codex Seraphinus, but for real. Any crypto experts care to take a whack at this?" Update: The image was transitioned and the entry can be found Here - cd

2 of 89 comments (clear)

  1. Easy by tswinzig · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Let's see here... a strange language written in the shape of a ring.

    Well, I dare not utter it here, but in the elvish tongue, it means, "One Ring to Rule them All..."

    And so on.

    --

    "And like that ... he's gone."
  2. But wait! Try holding it upside-down in a mirror! by schmaltz · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Then it becomes readable...

    --
    Big Daddy, Johnny, Burp, Aunt Zelda, Scott, Slurp, Big Momma ... where's Siggy?