⚠The page is severely stained with heavy foxing and water damage. The script is very faint, likely executed in pencil or faded ink.

TRITHEMIUS original: "TRITHEM"; likely referring to Johannes Trithemius (1462–1516), the famous German abbot, polymath, and pioneer of cryptography.

A hand-drawn monogram or merchant's mark. It consists of a vertical line topped with a small cross-bar that curves downwards at the ends. A larger crescent-shaped curve forms the base. In the center of the vertical shaft, the letters "I" and "F" are placed on the left and right sides respectively.

John

original: "Johannes"