Steganography: The Art of Secret Writing

TO THE READER.

You must be advised, Fair Reader, that regarding the letters R. and S. (which in this Work are at times expressed in numbers, characters, or words, either written above the text or added in the margin), the former is a mark of rubric original: "rubricæ" — refers to red ink, traditionally used for headings and important instructions in manuscripts and early books., or the color red, while the latter is a mark of ink, or the color black. Furthermore, you shall observe this: that the individual titles of each chapter are likewise to be depicted and decorated in red. You may seek the significance of this matter from the Key original: "Claue" — Referring to the Clavis Steganographiae, the author's guide to deciphering the work. prefixed to the Work. Farewell.