Polygraphiae libri VI (Basel: Furter & Petri, for Haselberg, 1518)

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

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Prima figura expansionis tabulae rectae:

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

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On the printed page this figure is laid out as paired columns — a plaintext alphabet beside its cipher alphabet, set out as worked examples rather than as one mechanical grid. The OCR linearised those columns into identical rows and cannot preserve the layout, so no transcribed grid is shown here. Read the source facsimile alongside - it is authoritative for this figure.

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Secunda figura expansionis tabulae rectae

On the printed page this figure is laid out as paired columns — a plaintext alphabet beside its cipher alphabet, set out as worked examples rather than as one mechanical grid. The OCR linearised those columns into identical rows and cannot preserve the layout, so no transcribed grid is shown here. Read the source facsimile alongside - it is authoritative for this figure.

In hac secunda expansionis tabulae rectae figura continentur similiter alphabeta numero quinque, ex quibus per metathesin fieri et alia multa possunt, quorum positionem causa breuitatis obmisimus. Pugtdlw, azpalspbw, ghhgw.

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

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Tertia figura expansionis tabulae rectae.

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Sunt et in hac expansa figura tabulae rectae quing^o alphabeta, per ordin^e distributa ut cernitur, in quor^o primo metathelis ratione pro a capitur m, in secundo n, in tertio o, in quarto p, in quinto q. Quor^u numer^us ampliari potest multipliciter, ut dict^u est supra.

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Quarta figura expansionis tabulae rectae.

On the printed page this figure is laid out as paired columns — a plaintext alphabet beside its cipher alphabet, set out as worked examples rather than as one mechanical grid. The OCR linearised those columns into identical rows and cannot preserve the layout, so no transcribed grid is shown here. Read the source facsimile alongside - it is authoritative for this figure.

Hac est quarta expansionis tabulae metatbeleos rectae figura, & sub alphabetis quing in ordine recto comprehendit uicesimû inclusive. Fit autem translatio in istis quemadmodum et in caeteris ad multa, qui bus uti potest qui uoluerit securissime in arcanis.

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Quinta figura expansionis tabulae rectae

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

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On the printed page this figure is laid out as paired columns — a plaintext alphabet beside its cipher alphabet, set out as worked examples rather than as one mechanical grid. The OCR linearised those columns into identical rows and cannot preserve the layout, so no transcribed grid is shown here. Read the source facsimile alongside - it is authoritative for this figure.

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Prima figura expansionis tabulae auersae.

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

Haec est prima figura expansionis tabulae auersae, q contra rectâ cu procedat ex opposito, irregularis merito nūcupatur. Nā alternatīs per ordinē alphabetīs cōmittit errorēa duodecima retrorsum, nec m uarians, nec l. Quodcū norma dederit nō uidebat alterandū.

Continuatio.

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

Secunda figura expansionis tabulae auersae:

On the printed page this figure is laid out as paired columns — a plaintext alphabet beside its cipher alphabet, set out as worked examples rather than as one mechanical grid. The OCR linearised those columns into identical rows and cannot preserve the layout, so no transcribed grid is shown here. Read the source facsimile alongside - it is authoritative for this figure.

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

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Tertia figura expansionis tabulae auserfae

o a n q a m p a l t a k e a b g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n m l j i h g f e d c b a w 3 y x u t s r q p o n

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Quarta figura expansionis tabulae auersae:

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

On the printed page this figure is laid out as paired columns — a plaintext alphabet beside its cipher alphabet, set out as worked examples rather than as one mechanical grid. The OCR linearised those columns into identical rows and cannot preserve the layout, so no transcribed grid is shown here. Read the source facsimile alongside - it is authoritative for this figure.

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

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Quinta figura expansionis tabulae auersae fuit,

On the printed page this figure is laid out as paired columns — a plaintext alphabet beside its cipher alphabet, set out as worked examples rather than as one mechanical grid. The OCR linearised those columns into identical rows and cannot preserve the layout, so no transcribed grid is shown here. Read the source facsimile alongside - it is authoritative for this figure.

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In praefente orchemate multiplex traditur alphabetum
per transpositione et saltum tam norma ordinis quam positio
ne literarum. Quae omnia sufficiunt pro exemplo bis qui loca
tis nó possunt esse contenti, ut modum habeant et formae
quae restant inueniendi, quia sine numero possunt variari.

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Trithemius's tabular ciphers — the alphabet-rotation expansion figures (tabula recta / auersa / aucta), bigram grids, and the numerical Orchema. The source facsimile is shown alongside and is authoritative for the cipher. Where the OCR preserved the rows they are transcribed as a table (illegible cells marked —, OCR noise left visible); where it linearised the paired plaintext/cipher columns into identical rows, the misleading grid is omitted in favour of the facsimile. These figures are worked examples, not a single mechanical grid.

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parue utilitatis eeiudicamus. Pudebit nos olim ueremur bis nenijs intendisse animum utilioribus intermissis. Sed parcet mihi precor lectores, quippe quem uoluntas quidem propria retraxit ab his studijs puerilibus, ne dicam in partem saltet uanis, sed quorundam instatia ut ea scriberem me compulit amicorum quibus id negare nec potui nec debui sine iniuria necel situdinis contracte. Quoru nihilominus precatio inductus etiam caputulum seques me oportuit praescriptis conectere, & pro literis numeros collocare. Varior ematq multiplices scribendi modos, ueteres ob numerorum figuris collocaruit, qui bus ad inuentione subtili arcanu sua tuto in alterutrum transmisserunt. Precibus itaqamicorum persuasi, paucos ex multis in fine huicis libris sexti modos posuimus, quibus iter ad noticia aliorum pateat necscientibus. Nam si quem ista scire delectat, facile poterit ab eis cognitis ad altiora conscendere, & modos inuertos multiplici uicissitudine pro suo arbitrio uariare. Pro cuius rei principio tabulam posuimus sub orchemate, quae/etioneuariata in modum crucis alphabetu in se continebit sex et nonaginta.

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Quisquis orchematis huic tabulam recte intelligit, alphabeta ex ea quotquot voulueritis sibi c�ponet. Exempli gratia latinorum gr�mata transuersaliter a quatuor angulis sibi obuiantia locauimus, ut transpositionis saltum in infinitum preb�re mus. Scrib�tibus opus erit industria, ne multitudo numerorum c�fundat memori�m vel intellectum.

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