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has gloss | eng: The Trithemius cipher is a polyalphabetic cipher invented by the German author and monk Johannes Trithemius in the fifteenth century. The cipher was published in his book Polygraphia, which is credited with being the first published work on cryptology. It uses a letter square with the 26 letters of the alphabet following 26 rows of additional letters, each shifted once to the left. This creates 26 different Caesar ciphers. |
lexicalization | eng: Trithemius cipher |
instance of | c/Ciphers |
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