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Un'ottima applicazione quattrocentesca del sistema cifrante monoalfabetico

Giorgio Costamagna, 1977. Studi di Storia Medioevale e Diplomatica 2: 353–358.

Giorgio Costamagna's study of a Milanese cipher letter of 1453, read against its surviving key, showing how a chancery secretary used a monoalphabetic system with variant signs.

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What it's used for here

The book uses it for how secretaries chose among homophones, noting that the Milanese writer never used the same sign twice in a row.

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Costamagna, G. (1977). Un'ottima applicazione quattrocentesca del sistema cifrante monoalfabetico. Studi di Storia Medioevale e Diplomatica, 2, 353–358.
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