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Trithemius and Steganography

Items: Steganography and Johannes Trithemius

Discuss on: Talk:Steganography and Talk:Johannes Trithemius

Description: I didn't write either, but both articles make a claim that seems incorrect, namely that the work Steganographia is a book on black magic disguised as a book on cryptography. In fact, most sources I've found on the internet make an opposite claim: that Book III at least is really a crytptological exercise disguised as a book on magic. However, the truth of the matter is difficult; who's to say what the real message is supposed to be? Please see Talk: Steganography for another wikipedian's take on this problem. If we could find someone more knowledgeable on this subject maybe we can clear things up; I don't feel too bold writing something up from my Google searches. If this is the wrong forum for this kind of request, please relocate and note it for me on User_talk:Chinasaur

Posted by: Chinasaur 16:26, Mar 15, 2004 (UTC)