The Voynich manuscript is a handwritten book thought to have been written Although many possible authors have been proposed, the author, script, and language remain unknown. It has been described as "the world's most mysterious manuscript"
Herbs: Codex Sloane 4016 is a century Italian parchment manuscript belonging to a class of books known as herbals. Miniature of plants, including a mandrake plant with a naked male body as the root (Tractatus de Herbis - Sloane 4016 f.
The pharmaceutical chapter shows specific parts of plants with labels, presumably to be used for medicinal purposes.