Johannes Trithemius described an interesting encoding method in his book Polygraphiae in 1508. Trithemius´ method uses a code table to assign multiple words to each letter:
a = pasa | mastra | ....
b = pase | mastre | ...
c = pasi | mastri | ...
...
(see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. p.96)
The method is interesting since similar words would encode different letters whereas non similar words would stand for the same letter.
a = pasa | mastra | ....
b = pase | mastre | ...
c = pasi | mastri | ...
...
(see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. p.96)
The method is interesting since similar words would encode different letters whereas non similar words would stand for the same letter.