While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
<ul> <li>The Voynich manuscript is a 15th-century illustrated codex.</li> <li>It is written in an unknown script that has never been decoded.</li> <li>Linguists, cryptographers, and computer scientists have all attempted decipherment.</li> <li>The book contains illustrations of plants, astronomical charts, and human figures.</li> <li>Despite over a century of professional attention, no proposed translation has gained acceptance.</li> </ul> The student wants to emphasize how the manuscript has resisted scholarly efforts. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?Which choice most effectively makes the student's point?
- A
The Voynich manuscript contains illustrations of plants and human figures.
- B
The Voynich manuscript is a 15th-century codex with botanical and astronomical illustrations.
- Ccheck_circle
Despite over a century of attention from linguists, cryptographers, and computer scientists, no proposed translation of the Voynich manuscript has gained acceptance.
- D
The manuscript is written in an unknown script.
Explanation
The goal is the manuscript's resistance to scholarly effort. Choice C names the breadth of effort and the lack of accepted result. A and D describe the contents; B states only the basic mystery.