Scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher, apparently based on Roman minuscule characters; the text is believed by some scholars to be the work of Roger Bacon since the themes of the illustrations seem to represent topics known...
Manuscripts connected with the British Secret Service during George Aust's tenure as Under Secretary of State. In addition to a detailed cryptographic key, documents include receipts for large sums given by Aust to Messrs. Thomas Coutts on Lord Grenvi...
Description:
George Aust (1740-1829) served as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Great Britain from 1790 to 1796. He later became Secretary and Registrar of Chelsea Royal Hospital. He married Sarah (Maeve) Murray, who wrote two successful guidebooks ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Aust, George, 1749-1829., Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834., Wickham, William, 1761-1840., Great Britain. Foreign Office, and Thomas Coutts & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Officials and employees, Ciphers, Cryptography, Intelligence service, and History
Manuscript on paper of Elias Cortonensis O.F.M., Lumen luminum, said according to this copy to have been composed in 1315, an erroneous date, and drawn from Saracen and Hebrew sources, translated into Latin. With a cryptic text, ascribed to a church f...
