Jacopo Silvestri Explained

Jacopo Silvestri (15th century – 16th century) was an Italian cryptographer and author.^[1]

He was born in Florence. The limited information on his life comes from what he wrote about himself in his work, the Opus novum^[2] ("New work"), considered the second printed work about cryptography.^[3]

Works

• Book: Silvestri, Jacopo. la. Opus novum praefectis arcium. 1526.

References

1. Web site: Silvestri, Jacopo. thesaurus.cerl.org. 2017-11-07.
2. 10.1080/0161-118091854942. Philip M.. Arnold. 1980-04-01. An Apology for Jacopo Silvestri. Cryptologia. 4. 96–103. 2.
3. Book: A Material History of Medieval and Early Modern Ciphers: Cryptography and the History of Literacy. Katherine Ellison. Susan Kim. Taylor & Francis. 2017. 978-1-351-97307-6. 43.

• Book: matematica e cultura 2004. Michele Emmer. 2004. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-88-470-0291-3. 56. it.