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Enigmatic Scripts of Renaissance Minds
A crossword exploring cryptic languages, writing systems, and secret codes from the Renaissance era.
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  • 2. A mysterious or puzzling language or code
  • 4. A motif made of two or more letters intertwined
  • 5. A puzzle or poem with hidden messages spelled out vertically
  • 8. Early medieval alphabets sometimes revived for cryptic use
  • 10. Renaissance pseudoscience using symbolic and cryptic language
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  • 1. Classical language studied and encoded during Renaissance scholarship
  • 3. The dominant scholarly language of Renaissance cryptic texts
  • 6. Rearranged letters forming hidden words or phrases
  • 7. Term referring to ability to use several languages; often linked to Renaissance cryptographers
  • 9. Mathematical language shaped significantly during the Renaissance
  • 11. A secret or disguised way of writing
  • 12. Manuscript book that often contained secret writings

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