The book, which in the 1800s was part of a Jesuit library, is named after Wilfred Voynich, a Polish book dealer who came into its possession in 1909.

十九世纪《伏尼契手稿》保存在一个耶稣图书馆，它以威尔弗雷德·伏尼契命名，1909年一个波兰的书商得到了它。