The Cipher of Roger Bacon / / William Romaine Newbold; Roland Grubb Kent.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Newbold, William Romaine,
• HerausgeberIn: Kent, Roland Grubb,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©1928
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.) :; 32 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Plates --; Foreword --; I. The Forerunner of Modern Science --; II. The Voynich Cipher Manuscript of Roger Bacon: Sketch of Its History --; III. The Voynich Cipher Manuscript Of Roger Bacon: Sketch of Its Contents --; IV. The Principles of Roger Bacon's Cipher --; V. Following the Clues --; VI. The Derivation of the Biliteral Alphabets --; VII. The Script of the Shorthand Cipher --; VIII. Rules for Deciphering the Texts --; IX. The Interpretation of the Key --; X. The Annular Eclipse of 1290 --; XI. The Great Nebula of Andromeda --; XII. The Comet of 1273 --; XIII. Cato and Fulvius --; XIV. The Oxford Story --; XV. The Gunpowder Formula --; XVI. The Vatican Document --; XVII. The Paris Medical Text --; XVIII. The Formula for Producing Metallic Copper --; XIX. The Abbreviated Word about the Green Lion --; XX. The Tables of Values
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512818239; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512818239
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William Romaine Newbold; Roland Grubb Kent.

The story of the discovery of the key of Bacon's system of ciphers and its application to the Voynich manuscript and other untranslated documents.