A University of Alberta computer scientist says he's made some headway in decoding the mysterious, medieval Voynich manuscript from the early 1400s that's baffled experts for centuries.

“Someone called John Adams owned it in 1851 and eventually it made its way to Calgary. Who knows how?”

Shakespeare's first folio. Margaret Atwood's first drafts. Leonard Cohen's personal notebooks. Where can all these be found? The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.