Voynich Search

01. Acceptance of terms

By accessing or using the Service you confirm you are at least 13 years old and that you accept these terms and our Privacy Policy.

02. The service

The Service provides search and citation-tracing over a curated corpus of primary documents, secondary literature, and forum threads relating to the Voynich Manuscript. It is provided free of charge for non-commercial research and educational use. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service at any time without notice.

03. Acceptable use

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• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law.
• Scrape, crawl, or harvest content at a rate that disrupts service for others.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the admin area, API, or underlying infrastructure.
• Submit malicious code, spam, harassment, or content that infringes third-party rights.
• Misrepresent the source or accuracy of search results when redistributing them.

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06. Intellectual property

The Service's original software, design, and editorial selection are owned by Edward Bozzard. Source-document content remains the property of its original authors and is shown under fair dealing / fair use principles for research, citation, and commentary. You may quote search results in your own work with proper attribution; you may not redistribute the corpus in bulk.

07. Third-party content

The Service indexes material written by third parties and uses third-party AI models to rewrite queries and synthesize answers. We do not endorse, guarantee, or take responsibility for the accuracy of any third-party content or AI-generated output. You are responsible for independently verifying anything you rely on.

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13. Changes to these terms

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14. Contacting us

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