The Cryptography of Dante (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Cryptography of Dante<br><br>Except for the discussions, in various commentaries, of the Dxv in Purgatorio xxxiii and of the acrostic VOM in Purgatorio xii, I know of no recognition of the existence of cryptograms in the Divina Commedia. For general information on the subject of cryptography I may refer to the article on Akrostichis in Pauly: Encyclopdie der Classishen Altertumswissenschaft; the article on Acrostic in Hastings: Encyclopdia of Religion and Ethics; the article on Ciphers in Rees's Encyclopdia; C. W. King: The Gnostics and Their Remains; Francis Bacon: Of the Advancement of Learning; Walter Begley: Biblia Cabalistica; Is it Shakespeare; and Bacon's Nova Resuscitatio; and W. S. Booth: Some Acrostic Signatures of Francis Bacon and The Hidden Signatures of Francesco Colonna and Francis Bacon. A widely recognized authority which I have been unable to consult is Kryptographik, by J. L. Klber.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.