The enigma of Lorenzo Ventura’s cipher

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dc.contributor.authorBonavoglia, Paolo
dc.contributor.editorWaldispühl, Michelle
dc.contributor.editorMegyesi, Beáta
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-08T10:43:38Z
dc.date.available2024-05-08T10:43:38Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this research was to find the algorithm used in the ciphers mentioned by Blaise de Vigenère in his treatise, where he states that in 1569, while in Venice, he learned about a steganographic cipher by a certain Lorenzo Ventura, similar to Tritemio’s Ave Maria. It had been used by the bailo in Constantinople after Sultan Selim II prohibited him from writing his dispatches in cipher. Now that a collection of letters, notes, and handwriting examples belonging to Ventura has been found in the State Archives of Venice, initial findings emerge that confirm, at least in part, Vigenère’s claims.
dc.identifier.issn1736-6305
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10062/98463
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.58009/aere-perennius0088
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTartu University Library
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNEALT Proceedings Series 53
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBlaise de Vigenere
dc.subjectLorenzo Ventura
dc.subjectSelim II
dc.subjectJohannes Trithemius
dc.subjectSteganography
dc.subjectAve Maria cipher
dc.subjectPoly-alphabetic ciphers
dc.subjectVenice
dc.titleThe enigma of Lorenzo Ventura’s cipher
dc.typeArticle

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