OF JOHANNES TRITHEMIUS

FIRST OF SPANHEIM AND LATER OF SAINT JAMES AT WÜRZBURG

ABBOT

STEGANOGRAPHY

original: "Steganographia" — derived from Greek meaning "hidden writing."

WHICH UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD BY NO ONE, BUT EVERYWHERE REJECTED, EVADED, CONDEMNED, AND SUBJECTED TO THE SENTENCE OF THE INQUISITION AS SPURIOUS, PERNICIOUS, MAGICAL, AND NECROMANTIC;

NOW AT LAST

VINDICATED, UNLOCKED, AND ILLUSTRATED

WHERE, AFTER THE DEFENSE OF TRITHEMIUS, THERE ARE MOST CLEARLY EXPLAINED THE

CONJURATIONS OF SPIRITS

ASSEMBLED FROM ARABIC, HEBREW, CHALDEAN, AND GREEK NAMES OF SPIRITS ACCORDING TO SOME, OR COMPOSED ACCORDING TO OTHERS FROM BARBAROUS AND MEANINGLESS WORDS.

Heidel argues that these "demonic" names are actually cryptographic keys rather than literal spells.

THEN THERE ARE SOLVED AND DISPLAYED THE

NEW STEGANOGRAPHIC ARTS

PROMISED BY TRITHEMIUS IN HIS LETTERS TO ARNOLD BOSTIUS AND IN HIS POLYGRAPHIA, COMPREHENDED BY NO ONE UNTIL THIS DAY, BUT HELD TO BE PARADOXICAL AND IMPOSSIBLE, AND GREATLY DESIRED.

BY THE AUTHOR

WOLFGANG ERNEST HEIDEL

OF WORMS.

NUREMBERG

AT THE HOUSE OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH RÜDIGER

IN THE YEAR 1721