Barbavara Ciphers
Mark Knowles > 6 hours ago
Francesco I Barbavara's cipher key in the Archivio di Stato di Mantova
His 6 nephews the brothers->
Marcolino Barbavara's enciphered letters in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in the Library of Paris
Francesco II Barbavara intercepted letter referring to ciphers that he sent Archivio di Stato di Firenze
Bishop Giovanni Barbavara's cipher key in the Archivio Diocesano di Tortona
Abbot Antonio Barbavara who I associated with the authorship of the Voynich manuscript on the basis of a cartographic theory long before I knew of any connection of his family to cryptography
Nicolino Barbavara, Mayor of Vercelli
Pietro Barbavara, Apostolic Protonotary
Son of Marcolino->
Scipione Barbavara's cipher key in the Tranchedino Cipher Ledger in the Austrian Library in Vienna
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I am most focused now in locating ciphers written by Francesco II Barbavara.
Unfortunately, I haven't yet seen any surviving document in cipher or not in cipher written by Abbot Antonio. Although, I know a certain amount about him from various sources including his great interest in and collection of varieties of plants as the plaque in the Abbey where he was Abbot states.
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Surviving evidence shows that the chancellery of Milan was responsible for producing the most advanced and innovative ciphers in the world at the time from which the Voynich manuscript was dated. And the Barbavara family were at the centre of Milanese cryptography.