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University of Pennsylvania LJS 225: Litterarum simulationis liber, fol. 1r

This is an image of fol. 1r from University of Pennsylvania LJS 225: Litterarum simulationis liber, by Zopello, Michael, from Rome?, dated to between 1455 and 1458.

 

LJS 225 is a presentation copy for Pope Callistus III of a work on cryptography that describes two systems: in the first, Italian words beginning with one letter are all represented by Italian words beginning with another letter; in the second, signs or symbols represent letters or entire Italian words (titles, city names, and numbers).

 

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