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Six Books of Polygraphy
prdl-24391_polygraphiae-libri-vi · Style C / Cipher-grid matrices
Polygraphia VI (1600, Strasbourg) -- Cipher-grid tables (Style C)
Source witness: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB) München, Graph. 89. Latest Polygraphia VI witness in this corpus. Includes De Septem Secundeis bound in at the back.
What you are looking at
These chunks render Trithemius's tabular ciphers -- structurally different from the verbal-substitution columns of the cipher-key set. Three families recur:
- Expansion-figure matrices (Prima / Secunda / Tertia / Quarta figura expansionis tabulae) -- bigram-pair tables and alphabet-rotation grids that derive new alphabets from a base alphabet by transposition.
- Orchema numerale -- a 24x24 numerical-substitution matrix in Polygraphia VI book six, indexed by Latin letters on both axes with numbers 6-29 in the body. Trithemius's own note describes the diagonals as an 'infinite leap' (transversaliter a quatuor angulis).
- Spirit-army hierarchies -- positional tables of demonic ranks (Oriens / Duxes majoris / Duxes minoris / Subduces) from the Steganographia tradition; structurally tabular but not a cipher in the strict substitution-table sense.
How the renderer chose its layout
Each source section is tokenised row-by-row. When most rows have the same cell count (and that count is <= 28), the renderer emits a markdown table; otherwise it preserves the source layout as a fenced code block. Trithemius's own commentary (where it appears in long Latin prose between figures) is lifted out into a blockquote. -- marks an OCR-illegible cell.
Honest limits
- Identical-rows artefact: the printed Polygraphia VI expansion figures display Caesar-rotated alphabets, but the OCR frequently linearises them to identical rows (each row = the plain alphabet). The renderer surfaces what the OCR sees; the original rotation is recoverable only by inspecting the facsimile image.
- Header detection is heuristic: lines matching figure-header patterns are lifted out, but a header buried in continuous prose may be missed.
- This work contributes 17 cipher-grid chunks.
Provenance
Auto-generated from the OCR'd source by scripts/render_style_cipher_grid.py. Phase 0.5 manual reclassification moved 43 expansion-figure chunks from cipher-key to cipher-grid (see scripts/reclassify_expansion_figures.py).
Per-chunk renderings
Polygraphia VI — cipher-grid chunk full_chunk_0110
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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Polygraphia VI — cipher-grid chunk full_chunk_0111
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.
Source section 1
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nem literarum alphabeta, quot in praecedente quoque
recta consignauimus. Nam vt cernis sub metathesi dex-
trorum sunt xxiiij. Sinistrorum quoque totidem, deor-
fum xxiiij. & sursum xxiiij. Quae per xcvij quater et vi-
gesies multiplicata in modum ouicis ad quatuor late-
ra reducta faciunt alphabeta non minus quam cxij.
Sequitur cadem expansa tabula.
Source section 2
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Haec est prima tabulae rectae figura expansionis, quia que habens alphabeta per metathesin, literis vt cernitur transpositis. In primo nanque alphabeto pro a accipitur b, pro b accipitur e, & ita consequenter, vt patet clarius intuendi. In secundo alphabeto pro a accipitur c. In tertio d, in quarto e, in quinto f, sicut ordinis docet locatio.
Expansio continetur.
Secun
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Secunda figura expansionis tabulae rectae.
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Tertia figura expansionis tabulae rectae.
a m a n a o a p a q a r
b n b o b p b q b r b s
c o c p c q c r c s c t
d p d q d r d s d t d u
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n a n b n c n d n e
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Sunt et in hac expanfa figura tabulae rectae quinque alphabeta per ordinem distributa vt cernitur, in quoru primo metathesis ratione pro a accipitur m, in secundo n, in tertio o, in quarto p, in quinto q. Quorum numerus ampliari potest multipliciter, vt dictũ est supra.
Expansionis continuatio.
Quar.
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Quarta figura expansionis tabulae rectae.
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Quinta figura expansionis tabulae rectae.
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Prima figura expansionis tabulae auctae.
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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.
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Tertia figura expansionis tabulae auersae.
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In hac tertia figura expansionis tabulae auersae nihil est in suo genere noui praeter metathelin, qua communis est omnibus in gradus pene infinitos. Alphabeta translata sunt sex. In primo eclipsaturt, in eodem g, in tertio s, in c, r et e, cuius rei causam norma docet.
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Continuatio |
tabulae. |
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Quarta figura expansionis tabulae aueriae.
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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Quinta 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.
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.
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.
Source section 1
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Source section 2
Orchematis expansio.
13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
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r s t u v w x y z [unclear]
s t u v w x y z [unclear]
t u v w x y z [unclear]
u v w x y z [unclear]
v w x y z [unclear]
w x y z [unclear]
x y z [unclear]
y z [unclear]
z [unclear]
Continuatio expansionis.
Orche-
Source section 3
Orchematis expansio.
19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
a t a v a x a y a z a w
b x b y b z b w b a b b
c z c w c a c d c b c d c e c d e f h k m
d a d b d c d e f g i l g h k m
e f e f f h k h i m i k n o q
f g g h k h i m i k n o q
g h i l i m k o l p r t l s
h i l i m k o l p r t l s
i k n k o m p r t l s
j k n k o m p r t l s
k l p l q m r t l s
l m r m s t m v m x m y
m n v n x n y n z n a o b c
n o w n z n o p q r d e f g
o p a p b c q r d e f g h i
p q b q c r e f g h i j k l
q r d q e g r f g h i j k l
r e r f g s h i j k l m n
s f s h i j k l m n o p q r
t h t i j k l m n o p q r s
t v k t i j k l m n o p q r s
u x m u n x o a x p x q x r
v y p y q y r y s y t
w z q z r z s z t z v z w
x o y p y q y r y s y t
y o y p y q y r y s y t
z q z r z s z t z v z w
w s w t w v w x w y w z
Source section 4
IOANNES TRITHEMIVS PEAPOLITANVS LECTORI
V m literae Graecorum et Hebraeorum omnes sint numerales, sãpe miratus sum quod curiosa priscorum latinitas etiam suas literas numerorum ratione subseruire non fecit. Hebraei quarundam duplicitate literarum notas octo et viginti ad omnem numerum sufficientes instituerũt. Graeci verò hunc literarum defectum quatuor appositione characterũ similis providentia subleuarunt. Nos ergo w literas quatuor habentes et viginti, quare et nostras nõ facimus numerales, qui similiter quatuor possumus inuenire duplicatas? Demus quatuor in exemplum, & satis omnem erit ad numerũ, m et iii. finale. item r et s finale. item f longum et s finale siue clausum. item v clausum et u apertum. His dum xxiiiij. literas vsuales adiũgimus, octo et viginti numeris sufficientes omnibus
Polygraphia VI — cipher-grid chunk full_chunk_0134
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.
(:)
Orchema numerale pro literis.
w z y x u t s r q p o n m l k i h g f e d c b A
A b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t u x y z w
b 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 A w
c 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 b z
d 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 c y
e 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 d x
f 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 e u t
g 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 f s
h 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 g r
i 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 h q
k 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 i p
l 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 j o n
m 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 k m
n 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 l n
o 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 m o l
p 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 n m
q 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 o k
r 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 p k
s 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 q i h
t 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 r h
u 25 26 27 28 29 6 s g
x 26 27 28 29 6 t f
y 27 28 29 6 u e
z 28 29 6 v d
w 29 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 w A
A b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t u x y z w
w z y x u t s r q p o n m l k i h g f e d c b A
Quisquis orchematis huius tabulam recte intelligit, alphabeta ex ea quotquot voluerit sibi componet. Exempli gratia Latinorum grammata transversaliter a quatuor angulis sibi obuiantia locauimus, vt transpositionis saltum in infinitum praberemus. Scribentibus opus erit industria, ne multitudine numerorum confundat memoriam vel intellectum.
Polygraphia VI — cipher-grid chunk full_chunk_0137
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.
Source section 1
| c1 | c2 | c3 | c4 | c5 | c6 | c7 | c8 | c9 | c10 | c11 | c12 | c13 | c14 | c15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prima |
tabula |
expansionis |
anomala. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
r |
25 |
w |
m |
49 |
m |
z |
73 |
b |
c |
97 |
d |
e |
121 |
b |
z |
26 |
a |
l |
50 |
z |
b |
74 |
c |
d |
98 |
e |
f |
122 |
c |
y |
27 |
z |
k |
51 |
y |
y |
75 |
d |
e |
99 |
f |
g |
123 |
d |
x |
28 |
b |
i |
52 |
x |
c |
76 |
e |
f |
100 |
g |
h |
124 |
e |
u |
29 |
y |
h |
53 |
u |
x |
77 |
f |
g |
101 |
h |
i |
125 |
f |
t |
30 |
c |
g |
54 |
t |
d |
78 |
g |
h |
102 |
i |
k |
126 |
g |
s |
31 |
x |
f |
55 |
s |
u |
79 |
h |
i |
103 |
k |
l |
127 |
h |
r |
32 |
d |
e |
56 |
r |
e |
80 |
i |
k |
104 |
l |
m |
128 |
i |
q |
33 |
u |
d |
57 |
q |
t |
81 |
k |
l |
105 |
m |
n |
129 |
k |
p |
34 |
e |
c |
58 |
p |
f |
82 |
l |
m |
106 |
n |
o |
130 |
l |
o |
35 |
t |
b |
59 |
o |
s |
83 |
m |
n |
107 |
o |
p |
131 |
m |
n |
36 |
f |
a |
60 |
a |
g |
84 |
n |
o |
108 |
p |
q |
132 |
n |
m |
37 |
s |
n |
61 |
b |
r |
85 |
o |
p |
109 |
q |
r |
133 |
o |
l |
38 |
g |
o |
62 |
c |
h |
86 |
p |
q |
110 |
r |
s |
134 |
p |
k |
39 |
r |
p |
63 |
d |
q |
87 |
q |
r |
111 |
s |
t |
135 |
q |
i |
40 |
h |
w |
64 |
e |
i |
88 |
r |
s |
112 |
t |
u |
136 |
r |
h |
41 |
q |
z |
65 |
f |
p |
89 |
s |
t |
113 |
u |
x |
137 |
s |
g |
42 |
i |
y |
66 |
g |
k |
90 |
t |
u |
114 |
x |
y |
138 |
t |
f |
43 |
p |
x |
67 |
h |
o |
91 |
u |
x |
115 |
y |
z |
139 |
u |
e |
44 |
k |
u |
68 |
i |
l |
92 |
x |
y |
116 |
z |
w |
140 |
x |
d |
45 |
o |
t |
69 |
k |
n |
93 |
y |
z |
117 |
w |
a |
141 |
y |
c |
46 |
l |
s |
70 |
l |
m |
94 |
z |
w |
118 |
a |
b |
142 |
z |
b |
47 |
n |
r |
71 |
m |
w |
95 |
w |
a |
119 |
b |
c |
143 |
w |
a |
48 |
m |
q |
72 |
n |
a |
96 |
a |
b |
120 |
c |
d |
144 |
Orchemata non expandimus causa nos mouete rationis, quia cum sua progressionelongius euagetur la bor mentem perterruit immensus. Vnitatem quoque non locantes consilio pertransiimus, quam preponzenostris adiuentis per ordinem temerarium iudicamus. Nam ex illis quaeiam exempli causa ostendimus, qui est intellectu idoneus maiora facile consequetur. Omnia serviant arcanie.
Secun
Source section 2
| c1 | c2 | c3 | c4 | c5 | c6 | c7 | c8 | c9 | c10 | c11 | c12 | c13 | c14 | c15 | c16 | c17 | c18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Secunda |
tabula |
expansionis |
anomalae. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
A |
24 |
A |
3 |
4 |
A |
5 |
1 |
A |
6 |
7 |
A |
8 |
9 |
A |
10 |
11 |
— |
b |
3 |
23 |
b |
4 |
5 |
b |
6 |
3 |
b |
7 |
8 |
b |
9 |
10 |
b |
11 |
12 |
c |
4 |
22 |
c |
5 |
6 |
c |
7 |
2 |
c |
8 |
9 |
c |
10 |
11 |
c |
12 |
13 |
d |
5 |
21 |
d |
6 |
7 |
d |
8 |
4 |
d |
9 |
10 |
d |
11 |
12 |
d |
13 |
14 |
e |
6 |
20 |
e |
7 |
8 |
e |
9 |
6 |
e |
10 |
11 |
e |
12 |
13 |
e |
14 |
15 |
f |
7 |
19 |
f |
8 |
9 |
f |
10 |
5 |
f |
11 |
12 |
f |
13 |
14 |
f |
15 |
16 |
g |
8 |
18 |
g |
9 |
10 |
g |
11 |
8 |
g |
12 |
13 |
g |
14 |
15 |
g |
16 |
17 |
h |
9 |
17 |
h |
10 |
11 |
h |
12 |
7 |
h |
13 |
14 |
h |
15 |
16 |
h |
17 |
18 |
i |
10 |
16 |
i |
11 |
12 |
i |
13 |
10 |
i |
14 |
15 |
i |
16 |
17 |
i |
18 |
19 |
k |
11 |
15 |
k |
12 |
13 |
k |
14 |
9 |
k |
15 |
16 |
k |
17 |
18 |
k |
19 |
20 |
l |
12 |
14 |
l |
13 |
14 |
l |
15 |
13 |
l |
16 |
17 |
l |
18 |
19 |
l |
20 |
21 |
m |
13 |
13 |
m |
14 |
15 |
m |
16 |
11 |
m |
17 |
18 |
m |
19 |
20 |
m |
21 |
22 |
n |
14 |
12 |
n |
15 |
16 |
n |
17 |
12 |
n |
18 |
19 |
n |
20 |
21 |
n |
22 |
23 |
o |
15 |
11 |
o |
16 |
17 |
o |
18 |
14 |
o |
19 |
20 |
o |
21 |
22 |
o |
23 |
24 |
p |
16 |
10 |
p |
17 |
18 |
p |
19 |
16 |
p |
20 |
21 |
p |
22 |
23 |
p |
24 |
25 |
q |
17 |
9 |
q |
18 |
19 |
q |
20 |
15 |
q |
21 |
22 |
q |
23 |
24 |
q |
25 |
26 |
r |
18 |
8 |
r |
19 |
20 |
r |
21 |
18 |
r |
22 |
23 |
r |
24 |
25 |
r |
26 |
27 |
s |
19 |
7 |
s |
20 |
21 |
s |
22 |
17 |
s |
23 |
24 |
s |
25 |
26 |
s |
27 |
28 |
t |
20 |
6 |
t |
21 |
22 |
t |
23 |
21 |
t |
24 |
25 |
t |
26 |
27 |
t |
28 |
29 |
u |
21 |
5 |
u |
22 |
23 |
u |
24 |
20 |
u |
25 |
26 |
u |
27 |
28 |
u |
29 |
30 |
x |
22 |
4 |
x |
23 |
24 |
x |
25 |
23 |
x |
26 |
27 |
x |
28 |
29 |
x |
30 |
31 |
y |
23 |
3 |
y |
24 |
25 |
y |
26 |
22 |
y |
27 |
28 |
y |
29 |
30 |
y |
31 |
32 |
z |
24 |
2 |
z |
25 |
26 |
z |
27 |
24 |
z |
28 |
29 |
z |
30 |
31 |
z |
32 |
33 |
w |
25 |
1 |
w |
26 |
27 |
w |
28 |
25 |
w |
29 |
30 |
w |
31 |
32 |
w |
33 |
34 |
Regulam orchematis obseruare qui voluerit, modo scribendi pariter et legendi quae sunt arcana facilem et promptum habebit. Qui verò transgreditur normam artis, habebit cum voto laborem.
Source section 3
| c1 | c2 |
|---|---|
Y |
— |
A |
6 |
b |
7 |
c |
8 |
d |
9 |
e |
10 |
f |
11 |
g |
12 |
h |
13 |
i |
14 |
k |
15 |
l |
16 |
m |
17 |
n |
18 |
o |
19 |
p |
20 |
q |
21 |
r |
22 |
s |
23 |
t |
24 |
u |
25 |
x |
26 |
y |
27 |
z |
28 |
w |
29 |
A |
7 |
b |
8 |
c |
9 |
d |
10 |
e |
11 |
f |
12 |
g |
13 |
h |
14 |
i |
15 |
k |
16 |
l |
17 |
m |
18 |
n |
19 |
o |
20 |
p |
21 |
q |
22 |
r |
23 |
s |
24 |
t |
25 |
u |
26 |
x |
27 |
y |
28 |
z |
29 |
w |
30 |
A |
8 |
b |
9 |
c |
10 |
d |
11 |
e |
12 |
f |
13 |
g |
14 |
h |
15 |
i |
16 |
k |
17 |
l |
18 |
m |
19 |
n |
20 |
o |
21 |
p |
22 |
q |
23 |
r |
24 |
s |
25 |
t |
26 |
u |
27 |
x |
28 |
y |
29 |
z |
30 |
w |
31 |
A |
9 |
b |
10 |
c |
11 |
d |
12 |
e |
13 |
f |
14 |
g |
15 |
h |
16 |
i |
17 |
k |
18 |
l |
19 |
m |
20 |
n |
21 |
o |
22 |
p |
23 |
q |
24 |
r |
25 |
s |
26 |
t |
27 |
u |
28 |
x |
29 |
y |
30 |
z |
31 |
w |
32 |
A |
10 |
b |
11 |
c |
12 |
d |
13 |
e |
14 |
f |
15 |
g |
16 |
h |
17 |
i |
18 |
k |
19 |
l |
20 |
m |
21 |
n |
22 |
o |
23 |
p |
24 |
q |
25 |
r |
26 |
s |
27 |
t |
28 |
u |
29 |
x |
30 |
y |
31 |
z |
32 |
w |
33 |
A |
11 |
b |
12 |
c |
13 |
d |
14 |
e |
15 |
f |
16 |
g |
17 |
h |
18 |
i |
19 |
k |
20 |
l |
21 |
m |
22 |
n |
23 |
o |
24 |
p |
25 |
q |
26 |
r |
27 |
s |
28 |
t |
29 |
u |
30 |
x |
31 |
y |
32 |
z |
33 |
w |
34 |
Singulis duodecim Zodiaci partitionibus alphabetae per numeros assignauimus singula, vt signum Arietis pro a, habeat zipheram numeralem 6. & 7. & 8. cancri, 9. & 10. & 11. & 12. & ita per totum alphabetum.
Polygraphia VI — cipher-grid chunk full_chunk_0138
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.
Source section 1
| c1 | c2 |
|---|---|
m |
— |
A |
12 |
b |
13 |
c |
14 |
d |
15 |
e |
16 |
f |
17 |
g |
18 |
h |
19 |
i |
20 |
k |
21 |
l |
22 |
m |
23 |
n |
24 |
o |
25 |
p |
26 |
q |
27 |
r |
28 |
s |
29 |
t |
30 |
u |
31 |
x |
32 |
y |
33 |
z |
34 |
w |
35 |
A |
13 |
b |
14 |
c |
15 |
d |
16 |
e |
17 |
f |
18 |
g |
19 |
h |
20 |
i |
21 |
k |
22 |
l |
23 |
m |
24 |
n |
25 |
o |
26 |
p |
27 |
q |
28 |
r |
29 |
s |
30 |
t |
31 |
u |
32 |
x |
33 |
y |
34 |
z |
35 |
w |
36 |
A |
14 |
b |
15 |
c |
16 |
d |
17 |
e |
18 |
f |
19 |
g |
20 |
h |
21 |
i |
22 |
k |
23 |
l |
24 |
m |
25 |
n |
26 |
o |
27 |
p |
28 |
q |
29 |
r |
30 |
s |
31 |
t |
32 |
u |
33 |
x |
34 |
y |
35 |
z |
36 |
w |
37 |
A |
15 |
b |
16 |
c |
17 |
d |
18 |
e |
19 |
f |
20 |
g |
21 |
h |
22 |
i |
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k |
24 |
l |
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m |
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q |
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r |
31 |
s |
32 |
t |
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w |
38 |
A |
16 |
b |
17 |
c |
18 |
d |
19 |
e |
20 |
f |
21 |
g |
22 |
h |
23 |
i |
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k |
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m |
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p |
30 |
q |
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y |
37 |
z |
38 |
w |
39 |
A |
17 |
b |
18 |
c |
19 |
d |
20 |
e |
21 |
f |
22 |
g |
23 |
h |
24 |
i |
25 |
k |
26 |
l |
27 |
m |
28 |
n |
29 |
o |
30 |
p |
31 |
q |
32 |
r |
33 |
s |
34 |
t |
35 |
u |
36 |
x |
37 |
y |
38 |
z |
39 |
w |
40 |
In hac figura collocauimus restantium sex signorum singula per numeros alphabeta, quemadmodum Latinorum literis per ordinem videntur subiecta, ut quiper ca voluerit, sua mysteria velare tutius possit.
Source section 2
| c1 | c2 | c3 | c4 | c5 | c6 | c7 | c8 | c9 | c10 | c11 | c12 | c13 | c14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B |
18 |
A |
19 |
A |
20 |
A |
21 |
A |
22 |
A |
23 |
A |
24 |
b |
19 |
b |
20 |
b |
21 |
b |
22 |
b |
23 |
b |
24 |
b |
25 |
c |
20 |
c |
21 |
c |
22 |
c |
23 |
c |
24 |
c |
25 |
c |
26 |
d |
21 |
d |
22 |
d |
23 |
d |
24 |
d |
25 |
d |
26 |
d |
27 |
e |
22 |
e |
23 |
e |
24 |
e |
25 |
e |
26 |
e |
27 |
e |
28 |
f |
23 |
f |
24 |
f |
25 |
f |
26 |
f |
27 |
f |
28 |
f |
29 |
g |
24 |
g |
25 |
g |
26 |
g |
27 |
g |
28 |
g |
29 |
g |
30 |
h |
25 |
h |
26 |
h |
27 |
h |
28 |
h |
29 |
h |
30 |
h |
31 |
i |
26 |
i |
27 |
i |
28 |
i |
29 |
i |
30 |
i |
31 |
i |
32 |
k |
27 |
k |
28 |
k |
29 |
k |
30 |
k |
31 |
k |
32 |
k |
33 |
l |
28 |
l |
29 |
l |
30 |
l |
31 |
l |
32 |
l |
33 |
l |
34 |
m |
29 |
m |
30 |
m |
31 |
m |
32 |
m |
33 |
m |
34 |
m |
35 |
n |
30 |
n |
31 |
n |
32 |
n |
33 |
n |
34 |
n |
35 |
n |
36 |
o |
31 |
o |
32 |
o |
33 |
o |
34 |
o |
35 |
o |
36 |
o |
37 |
p |
32 |
p |
33 |
p |
34 |
p |
35 |
p |
36 |
p |
37 |
p |
38 |
q |
33 |
q |
34 |
q |
35 |
q |
36 |
q |
37 |
q |
38 |
q |
39 |
r |
34 |
r |
35 |
r |
36 |
r |
37 |
r |
38 |
r |
39 |
r |
40 |
s |
35 |
s |
36 |
s |
37 |
s |
38 |
s |
39 |
s |
40 |
s |
41 |
t |
36 |
t |
37 |
t |
38 |
t |
39 |
t |
40 |
t |
41 |
t |
42 |
u |
37 |
u |
38 |
u |
39 |
u |
40 |
u |
41 |
u |
42 |
u |
43 |
x |
38 |
x |
39 |
x |
40 |
x |
41 |
x |
42 |
x |
43 |
x |
44 |
y |
39 |
y |
40 |
y |
41 |
y |
42 |
y |
43 |
y |
44 |
y |
45 |
z |
40 |
z |
41 |
z |
42 |
z |
43 |
z |
44 |
z |
45 |
z |
46 |
w |
41 |
w |
42 |
w |
43 |
w |
44 |
w |
45 |
w |
46 |
w |
47 |
Attribuimus |
septem |
Planetis |
alphabeta |
singula |
ex |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
numeris |
post |
duo |
decim |
signa |
restatibus. |
Et |
nota |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
quando |
in |
oratione |
litera |
geminatur, |
non |
scribitur |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
bis |
eius |
numerus, |
sed |
semel |
et |
superius |
punctuatur. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Sextum |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Source section 3
Sextum et ultimum Polygraphia nostra librum
ad calcem Deo miserante perduximus, in quo
cum stellis errantibus sermonem concludentes, in cer
tis lectorum punctis pramonemus. Primò, vt quo
tiens alphabeto vtitur cuiuslibet signi vel planetae,
characterem sive notam eiusdem prudenter appo
nat, geminae utilitatis gratia. Per hoc enim nimius
labor auffertur amico Lectori, & manebit in secreto
mysterium, dum industria quicunque ignarus, tabu
lam numeris scriptam et signorum vel planetarum
characteribus praenotatam ad Astronomia rationem
pertinere putabit, & nihil penitus mysteri laterè
suspicabitur. Nam ea de causa non ab unitate mate
riam officialem literis, sed à distante suscepimus, ne
suspicionis notam alicui praeberemus. Prudentia ni
bilominus adhibenda est scriptoribus, quoniam Le
ctor astutus, qui de suspicione latentis tangitur, si of
ficium vnius numeri deprehenderit, totum alphabe
tum facile supputabile. Secundo memento quisquis
huius rei cupis esse sagax operator, vt quotiens in di
tione qualibet litera geminatur, vt sapius fit, non
scribatur nisi semel et superius puncto notetur. Vt
exempli gratia, volo de alphabeto arietis scribere Io
annes, non duplico 18. quod est n, sed scribo sic 14.
16.7.18.10.23. vel abbas 6.7.6.23. Ioannes, ab
bas, vt omnis nota suspicionis auferatur. In simili
bus cautela est simili agendum, quia nisi operator fie
industria preditus, nouerit, ex paruis inuenire ma
iora.