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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Newbold, William Romaine
Other Authors: Kent, Roland Grubb
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Edition:Reprint 2016.
Subjects:
Bacon, Roger, > 1214?-1294.
Ciphers.
Chiffres (Cryptographie)
ciphers (codes)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
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

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