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La Stéganographie — Johannes Trithemius (PH277)
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
The work 'Steganographia' by Johannes Trithemius was originally written in Latin. While several English translations of the Latin text exist (e.g., by Adam McLean, and more recently by Skinner & Clark), there is no evidence of an English translation of the specific 1790 French manuscript version. Therefore, this is a first translation from the French source text.
The steganographia of Johannes Trithemius, trans. McLean, Adam (1982)
The Steganographia, Books I-IV, trans. Stephen Skinner & Daniel Clark (2024)
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This manuscript preserves the dangerous methods of Johannes Trithemius for communicating across vast distances using hidden signals. It functions as both a technical manual for cryptography and a ritual guide for accessing hidden knowledge.