(30-06-2025, 10:34 AM)oshfdk wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.How would XV century ciphers encode numbers?
Roman numerals. For example: Zaninus-Conradinus (1424) letter 3: "equites ccc et pedites d" = "300 cavalry and 500 infantry".
Maybe there are exceptions but I don't know any in ciphers before 1450. Probably later in more advanced ciphers like Alberti?
In normal texts (not ciphered) they used both the modern Hindu-Arabic form and Roman numerals, often together.
BTW, there are several suspicious sequences, like " o l r " in f111v.18 and f115v.38.


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