# Pelling 2016: Fifteenth Century Cryptography

> Nick Pelling, 2016. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The book and three surveys draw on it for what chancery keys of the period contained…

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# Fifteenth Century Cryptography

Nick Pelling, 2016.

A long blog essay on Italian chancery ciphers of the fifteenth century, describing surviving keys from Lavinde's ledger of 1379 through Mantua, Milan and the Tranchedino collection.

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## What it's used for here

The book and three surveys draw on it for what chancery keys of the period contained: homophones, nulls, syllable signs and nomenclators.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Reading Without a Key](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8NJAWT22V4/reading-without-a-key)

The book, version 2.0

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[3 methods surveys]

Cryptanalysis, mixed keys, encoding procedures

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## Cite it

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Pelling, N. (2016). Fifteenth Century Cryptography. https://ciphermysteries.com
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