The world’s most mysterious book - Stephen Bax

Najmisterioznija knjiga na svetu - Stephen Bax

Deep inside Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Duboko unutar Jejl Univerzitetske Bajnike Biblioteke retkih knjiga i rukopisa

lies the only copy of a 240-page tome.

nalazi se jedina kopija 240-straničnog izdanja.

Recently carbon dated to around 1420,

Nedavno utvrđeno da je iz oko 1420.

its vellum pages features looping handwriting

njene kožne stranice pokazuju kružni rukopis

and hand-drawn images seemingly stolen from a dream.

i ručno crtane slike koje izgledaju kao da su ukradene iz sna.

Real and imaginary plants,

Stvarne i imaginarne biljke,

floating castles,

leteći zamkovi,

bathing women,

žene koje se kupaju,

astrology diagrams,

astrološki dijagrami,

zodiac rings,

zodijački prstenovi,

and suns and moons with faces accompany the text.

i sunca i meseci sa licima prate tekst.

This 24x16 centimeter book is called the Voynich manuscript,

Ova knjiga od 24x16 centimetara je poznata kao Vojnič rukopis,

and its one of history's biggest unsolved mysteries.

i jedna je od najvećih istorijskih nerazrešenih misterija.

The reason why?

Zbog čega?

No one can figure out what it says.

Niko ne može da odgonetne šta piše u njoj.

The name comes from Wilfrid Voynich,

Naziv potiče od Wilfrida Vojniča,

a Polish bookseller who came across the document at a Jesuit college

Poljskog prodavca knjiga koji je naišao na dokument u Jezuitskom koledžu

in Italy in 1912.

u Italiji 1912.

He was puzzled.

Bio je začuđen.

Who wrote it?

Ko ju je napisao?

Where was it made?

Gde je bila napravljena?

What do these bizarre words and vibrant drawings represent?

Šta ove čudne reči i živi crteži predstavljaju?

What secrets do its pages contain?

Kakve tajne njene stranice sadrže?

He purchased the manuscript from the cash-strapped priest at the college,

On je otkupio rukopis od prezaduženog sveštenika na koledžu,

and eventually brought it to the U.S.,

i kasnije ga je doneo u S.A.D.

where experts have continued to puzzle over it for more than a century.

gde su ga stručnjaci nastavili pokušavati odgonetnuti duže od jednog veka.

Cryptologists say the writing has all the characteristics of a real language,

Kriptolozi kažu da ima sve karakteristike stvarnog jezika,

just one that no one's ever seen before.

ali onog koji niko nikada nije video do sada.

What makes it seem real is that in actual languages,

Ono što čini da izgleda stvarno je da u pravim jezicima

letters and groups of letters appear with consistent frequencies,

slova i grupe slova se pojavljuju stalnom učestalošću

and the language in the Voynich manuscript

i jezik u Vojnič rukopisu

has patterns you wouldn't find from a random letter generator.

ima obrasce koje ne biste našli u generatoru nasumičnih slova.

Other than that, we know little more than what we can see.

Sem toga, mi znamo veoma malo više od onoga što možemo da vidimo.

The letters are varied in style and height.

Slova su varirana u stilu i visini.

Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique.

Neka su pozajmljena iz drugih rukopisa, ali mnoga su jedinstvena.

The taller letters have been named gallows characters.

viša slova su nazvana "vešala" simboli.

The manuscript is highly decorated throughout

Rukopis je bogato ukrašen

with scroll-like embellishments.

sa vijugavim ukrasima.

It appears to be written by two or more hands,

Izgleda da je napisan od strane dvoje ili više ljudi,

with the painting done by yet another party.

sa slikama koje je uradio neko drugi.

Over the years, three main theories about the manuscript's text have emerged.

Tokom godina, pojavile su se tri glavne teorije o rukopisu.

The first is that it's written in cypher,

Prva je da je šifrovan,

a secret code deliberately designed to hide secret meaning.

tajnim kodom namerno napravljenim da sakrije tajno značenje.

The second is that the document is a hoax

Druga je da je dokument prevara

written in gibberish to make money off a gullible buyer.

pisana na nepostojećem jeziku u cilju uzimanja novca od naivnog kupca.

Some speculate the author was a medieval con man.

Neki spekulišu da je autor bio srednjovekovni prevarant.

Others, that it was Voynich himself.

Drugi, da je to bio sam Vojnič.

The third theory is that the manuscript is written in an actual language,

Treća teorija je da je rukopis napisan na stvarnom jeziku,

but in an unknown script.

ali na nepoznatom pismu.

Perhaps medieval scholars were attempting to create an alphabet

Možda su srednjovekovni učeni ljudi pokušali da naprave azbuku

for a language that was spoken but not yet written.

za jezik koji je bio govoren ali još uvek nije bio pisan.

In that case, the Voynich manuscript might be like the rongorongo script

U tom slučaju Vojnič rukopis bi mogao biti kao Rongorongo rukopis

invented on Easter Island,

napravljen na Uskršnjem Ostrvu,

now unreadable after the culture that made it collapsed.

sada nerazumljivo nakon što je kultura koja ih je napravila nestala.

Though no one can read the Voynich manuscript,

Iako niko ne može da pročita Vojnič rukopis,

that hasn't stopped people from guessing what it might say.

to nije zaustavilo ljude da pogađaju šta tu možda piše.

Those who believe the manuscript was an attempt to create

Oni koji veruju da je rukopis bio pokušaj da se stvori

a new form of written language

novi oblik pisanog jezika

speculate that it might be an encyclopedia

spekulišu da bi to mogla biti enciklopedija

containing the knowledge of the culture that produced it.

koja sadrži znanje kulture koja ga je stvorila.

Others believe it was written by the 13th century philosopher Roger Bacon,

Drugi veruju da ga je napisao filozof iz 13-tog veka Rodžer Bejkon,

who attempted to understand the universal laws of grammar,

koji je pokušao da razume univerzalnue zakone gramatike,

or in the 16th century by the Elizabethan mystic John Dee,

ili u 16-tom veku od strane Elizabetanskog mističara Džona Di-ja,

who practiced alchemy and divination.

koji se bavio alhemijom i divinacijom.

More fringe theories that the book was written by a coven of Italian witches,

Po marginalnim teorijama knjiga je pisana od strane klana Italijanskih veštica

or even by Martians.

ili čak Marsovaca.

After 100 years of frustration,

Nakon 100 godina frustracije,

scientists have recently shed a little light on the mystery.

naučnici su delimično osvetlili misteriju.

The first breakthrough was the carbon dating.

Prvo otkriće je određivanje vremena pomoću ugljenika.

Also, contemporary historians have traced the provenance of the manuscript

Takođe, savremeni istoričari su povezali sudbinu rukopisa

back through Rome and Prague to as early as 1612,

unazad do Rima i Praga do rane 1612.,

when it was perhaps passed from Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II

kada je možda prešao iz ruku Sv Rimskog vladara Rudolfa II

to his physician, Jacobus Sinapius.

do njegovog lekara, Jakobusa Sinapiusa.

In addition to these historical breakthroughs,

U dodatak ovim istorijskim otkrićima

linguistic researchers recently proposed the provisional identification

lingvisti istraživači su nedavno predložili uslovnu identifikaciju

of a few of the manuscript's words.

nekoliko reči iz rukopisa.

Could the letters beside these seven stars spell Tauran,

Da li bi slova pored sedam zvezda napisana kao Tauran,

a name for Taurus,

biti naziv za Bika (Taurus),

a constellation that includes the seven stars called the Pleiades?

sazvežđe koje uključuje sedam zvezda, takozvane Plejade?

Could this word be Centaurun for the Centaurea plant in the picture?

Da li bi ova reč Centaurun mogla biti za Centaurea biljku na slici?

Perhaps, but progress is slow.

Možda, ali napredak je slab.

If we can crack its code, what might we find?

Ako razbijemo šifru, šta bismo mogli naći?

The dream journal of a 15th-century illustrator?

Dnevnik snova ilustratora iz 15-tog veka?

A bunch of nonsense?

Gomilu besmislica?

Or the lost knowledge of a forgotten culture?

Ili izgubljeno znanje zaboravljene civilizacije?

What do you think it is?

Šta vi mislite da je to?