The Cipher of Roger Bacon /
The story of the discovery of the key of Bacon's system of ciphers and its application to the Voynich manuscript and other untranslated documents.
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2017]
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Edition: | Reprint 2016. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Foreword
- I. The Forerunner of Modern Science
- II. The Voynich Cipher Manuscript of Roger Bacon: Sketch of Its History
- III. The Voynich Cipher Manuscript Of Roger Bacon: Sketch of Its Contents
- IV. The Principles of Roger Bacon's Cipher
- V. Following the Clues
- VI. The Derivation of the Biliteral Alphabets
- VII. The Script of the Shorthand Cipher
- VIII. Rules for Deciphering the Texts
- IX. The Interpretation of the Key
- X. The Annular Eclipse of 1290
- XI. The Great Nebula of Andromeda
- XII. The Comet of 1273
- XIII. Cato and Fulvius
- XIV. The Oxford Story
- XV. The Gunpowder Formula
- XVI. The Vatican Document
- XVII. The Paris Medical Text
- XVIII. The Formula for Producing Metallic Copper
- XIX. The Abbreviated Word about the Green Lion
- XX. The Tables of Values