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VMs: Re: Mediaeval book written entirely in cipher




From: Jorge Stolfi <stolfi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: VMs:  Re: Mediaeval book written entirely in cipher
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 05:45:11 -0300 (EST)


> [Philip Neal:] [Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale Nouvelles Acquisitions Latin 635,
> Italian, 15th century, "Secretum de thesauro experimentorum
> jmaginationis hominum". The entire manuscript, excepting the table of
> contents, title and concluding formula is in cipher; this consists
> almost entirely of straight lines and circles. Abbreviation marks are
> placed under the script. See H. Omont, Bibliotheque de l'Ecole des
> Chartes 58 (1897) 253-258 with illustrations of four pages.]

Thanks! Anyone knows the total page count?

Here is basically what Google could find:

http://www.sumscorp.com/perspective/Vol3/ap4.htm

gives the author as Fontana, Giovanni (c.1395?-1455)

    ... containing important descriptions of camera obscura principles
    applied to magic lanterns was edited by Battisti and Saccaro
    Battisti (1984). A note by Pompilius Azalus in his Liber de
    omnibus rebus naturalibus (1544, 74v), attributed to Fontana a now
    lost treatise which appears to have dealt with colour and
    disappearance of form perspective.


Interesting.

London University Library may have the description by H. Omont. I
will go and look there tomorrow.

Philip Neal



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