" . . . a book . . . containing nothing but heiroglyphicks"

And there's yet another explanation of the whole Voynich Manuscript mystery. Remember some of the previously proposed solutions: Roger Bacon's notes on his previously unknown scientific accomplishments . . . a sucide manual for the Albigensians . . . a transcription of Ukrainian, Chinese or Vietnamese . . . Leonardo da Vinci juvenalia . . . a text in a synthetic language . . . The latest theory, I report with glee, is considerably less sexy. Pop goes the balloon!

(And if you're not familiar with the whole Voynich Manuscript mystery, read up on it here, as it's far too convolute a matter for me to even begin to explain to the uninitiated here. To whet your interest, I'll just say that the Voynich Manuscript was the prime real-life inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, and that its history involves - either directly, tangentially or speculatively - such figures as Roger Bacon, Edward Kelly, Dr. John Dee, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, and Sir Thomas Browne.)