Re: VMs: Interesting cryptography background page

[Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx>]

	The reference to volvelles by Gabriel de Collange for
Trithemius' cipher is kinda interesting:

> First written in
>           Latin, the present edition of 1561 is the
>           French translation of Gabriel de
>           Collange (d. 1572). Collange has also
>           designed for this edition thirteen
>           volvelles for use in applying various
>           types of ciphers. 

... with a picture of one.  

Dennis

Jeff wrote:
> 
> http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/rarebooks/semeiology/cryptography.html
> 
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