I have a copy of the diplomatic ciphers collected by Tranchedino (the print edition) and they used every conceivable symbol from Latin, from alchemy, from numbers, from astronomy, from kabbalah, etc., plus some invented signs. Many of the ciphers used a couple of hundred glyphs.
The reason there are so many different glyphs in these ciphers is because they used one-to-many substitutions, numerous nulls, and additional glyphs for important names of people and towns.
Most of the ones that are similar to the VMS are taken from Latin, which means the VMS isn't necessarily related to the Tranchedino ciphers in any way—they might BOTH have derived their ideas from Latin alphabets and scribal conventions, and when you consider that the structure of the VMS in no way resembles the structure of the Tranchedino ciphers (which were substitution codes with extreme variation in glyph shapes and positions), then the resemblance is even less.
The reason there are so many different glyphs in these ciphers is because they used one-to-many substitutions, numerous nulls, and additional glyphs for important names of people and towns.
Most of the ones that are similar to the VMS are taken from Latin, which means the VMS isn't necessarily related to the Tranchedino ciphers in any way—they might BOTH have derived their ideas from Latin alphabets and scribal conventions, and when you consider that the structure of the VMS in no way resembles the structure of the Tranchedino ciphers (which were substitution codes with extreme variation in glyph shapes and positions), then the resemblance is even less.