Sources of Alchemical Cryptography

dc.contributor.authorLang, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorZotov, Sergei
dc.contributor.authorPiorko, Megan
dc.contributor.editorWaldispühl, Michelle
dc.contributor.editorMegyesi, Beáta
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-08T13:04:24Z
dc.date.available2024-05-08T13:04:24Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an initial overview of cryptographic sources relating to alchemy, an area that remains largely unexplored. Alchemists and chymists frequently encrypted short passages relating to recipes and experiments, obscured content using exotic foreign languages or custom shorthand, and created unique symbol codes. A survey of manuscripts reveals the diversity of sources in over 100 instances of ciphering in alchemical contexts, where ciphers were only one of several methods traditionally used to maintain secrecy. It serves as a starting point for further research, demonstrating the wealth of archival material related to alchemical cryptography –a goldmine yet untapped.
dc.identifier.issn1736-6305
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10062/98480
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.58009/aere-perennius0105
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.subjectalchemy
dc.subjecthistory of cryptography
dc.subjectalchemical ciphers
dc.subjecthistory of science
dc.subjectchymistry
dc.titleSources of Alchemical Cryptography
dc.typeArticle

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