Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire
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Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire is a seminal 16th-century treatise on cryptography that systematically presents and analyzes cipher techniques, including what became known as the Vigenère cipher.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire canonical | 1 |
| Treatise on ciphers or secret ways of writing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7638508 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire Context triple: [Blaise de Vigenère, notableWork, Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire]
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A.
Trattato d’abaco
Trattato d’abaco is a mathematical treatise by Renaissance artist and mathematician Piero della Francesca, focusing on arithmetic and practical calculation methods.
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B.
Epistolae obscurorum virorum
Epistolae obscurorum virorum is a satirical collection of fictitious letters from supposedly ignorant theologians that mocked scholasticism and supported the humanist and reformist movements in early 16th-century Germany.
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C.
Traité de documentation
Traité de documentation is a foundational 1934 work on documentation science and information organization by Belgian bibliographer Paul Otlet.
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D.
Le Chevalier de la Charrette
Le Chevalier de la Charrette is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that famously introduces and centers on the exploits and courtly love of Sir Lancelot.
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E.
Le Prestre de Vauban
Le Prestre de Vauban is the family name of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the renowned 17th-century French military engineer and Marshal of France noted for his innovative fortification designs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire Target entity description: Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire is a seminal 16th-century treatise on cryptography that systematically presents and analyzes cipher techniques, including what became known as the Vigenère cipher.
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A.
Trattato d’abaco
Trattato d’abaco is a mathematical treatise by Renaissance artist and mathematician Piero della Francesca, focusing on arithmetic and practical calculation methods.
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B.
Epistolae obscurorum virorum
Epistolae obscurorum virorum is a satirical collection of fictitious letters from supposedly ignorant theologians that mocked scholasticism and supported the humanist and reformist movements in early 16th-century Germany.
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C.
Traité de documentation
Traité de documentation is a foundational 1934 work on documentation science and information organization by Belgian bibliographer Paul Otlet.
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D.
Le Chevalier de la Charrette
Le Chevalier de la Charrette is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that famously introduces and centers on the exploits and courtly love of Sir Lancelot.
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E.
Le Prestre de Vauban
Le Prestre de Vauban is the family name of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the renowned 17th-century French military engineer and Marshal of France noted for his innovative fortification designs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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cryptography treatise ⓘ |
| analyzes | cipher security ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cipher alphabets table
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polyalphabetic table ⓘ |
| author | Blaise de Vigenère ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| culturalContext | European diplomatic practice ⓘ |
| describes |
Vigenère cipher
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cipher alphabets ⓘ cipher keys ⓘ monoalphabetic substitution cipher ⓘ polyalphabetic substitution cipher ⓘ |
| field | cryptology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
secrecy of correspondence
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secure communication ⓘ |
| genre | technical treatise ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
classical cipher design
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modern cryptography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
discussion of cryptanalysis
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examples of encrypted texts ⓘ explanations of encoding methods ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | considered a seminal work in the history of cryptography ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
diplomats
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scholars of cryptography ⓘ statesmen ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cipher systems
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cryptography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early description of the Vigenère cipher
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systematic presentation of cipher techniques ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Treatise on ciphers or secret ways of writing ⓘ |
| topic |
information security
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secret writing ⓘ |
| usedIn | historical studies of cryptography ⓘ |
| workExampleOf | Renaissance cryptographic literature ⓘ |
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Subject: Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire Description of subject: Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire is a seminal 16th-century treatise on cryptography that systematically presents and analyzes cipher techniques, including what became known as the Vigenère cipher.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire
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titleTranslation
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Treatise on ciphers or secret ways of writing
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linked to: Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d’escrire