Pal.lat.984 (Medieval) - Page 12

A hand drawn grid features eight columns and twenty rows. Each cell contains a group of two, three, or four lowercase letters. The first letter in each group is written in red ink to guide the eye. The following letters are in black ink. This grid serves as a reference for permutations or a key for a logical cipher within Llull's system of universal knowledge.


b r	r d	d e	e f	e f	f g	f g	h
b r b	r d r	d e r	e f r	e f r	f g r	f g r	f
b r r	r d d	d e r	e f r	e f r	f g r	f g r	g
b r d	r d e	d e f	e f r	e f r	f g r	f g r	h
b d b	r e r	d f r	e g r	e g r	f h r	f h r	f
b d r	r e d	d f r	e g r	e g r	f h r	f h r	g
b d d	r e e	d f r	e g r	e g r	f h r	f h r	h
b r b r	r r r d	d r d e	e r e f	e r e f	f r f g	f r f g	f
b r b d	r r r e	d r d f	e r e g	e r e g	f r f h	f r f h	g
b r d d	r r d e	d r d f	e r d f	e r d f	f r d f	f r d f	h
r d b	d e r	e f r	f g r	f g r	g h r	g h r	f
r d r	d e d	e f r	f g r	f g r	g h r	g h r	g
r d d	d e e	e f r	f g r	f g r	g h r	g h r	h
r r b r	d r r d	e r d e	f r e f	f r e f	g r f g	g r f g	f
r r b d	d r r e	e r d f	f r e g	f r e g	g r f h	g r f h	g
r r d d	d r d e	e r e f	f r f g	f r f g	g r g h	g r g h	h
d r b r	e r r d	f r d e	g r e f	g r e f	h r f g	h r f g	f
d r b d	e r r e	f r d f	g r e g	g r e g	h r f h	h r f h	g
d r r d	e r d e	f r e f	g r f g	g r f g	h r g h	h r g h	h
r b r d	r r d e	r d e f	r e f g	r e f g	r f g h	r f g h

The letters in this grid constitute a specialized alphabet (the "Alphabet of the Art"). In this system, each letter represents a philosophical principle:

b: Goodness
d: Duration or Eternity
e: Power
f: Wisdom
g: Will
h: Virtue
r: This letter usually signifies a "Relation" or a specific rule for connecting the other principles.
By combining these letters, a user can generate complex theological and logical arguments without the risk of error, as the movement follows a mathematical structure.