Re: VMs: Wikipedia & the vms

[Koontz John E <John.Koontz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Gabriel Landini wrote:

> It says in the "Hoax" of the vms in the Wikipeda section that:
> ---
> '' The latter device, known as a Cardan grille, was invented around 1550 as an
> encryption tool, and was apparently used by Edward Kelley to fabricate his
> Enochian "language". ''
> ---
>
> How true is this "apparently"?  I have not been able to find any source to
> point where this speculation is coming from.

What is the date of this entry?  Hypothetically the author/editor has
simply confused the VMs with Kelley's documented Enochian efforts.  In
other words, perhaps the author should have said

 '' The latter device, known as a Cardan grille, was invented around 1550
as an encryption tool, and was apparently used by the creator of the VMs -
hypothetically Edward Kelley - to generate it. ''

One could come up with the Wikipedia version through a careless reading of
Rugg perhaps coupled with a little equally confused information on Kelley.
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