A crossword exploring cryptic languages, writing systems, and secret codes from the Renaissance era.
Renaissance Ciphered Tongues Revealed
Explore the secretive scripts and linguistic puzzles of the Renaissance era with this crossword focusing on cryptic languages, codes, and the mystique of historical ciphers.
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- 1. Ancient Egyptian cursive script
- 2. System of medieval symbols and coats of arms
- 3. Rearranged letters forming secret words or phrases
- 4. Renaissance script style often ornate and cryptic
- 6. Ancient alphabet often used symbolically
- 8. Manuscript reused and overwritten
- 14. Polyalphabetic cipher popularized in Renaissance
- 16. Poem or phrase spelled out by first letters
- 17. Sanskrit term for symbolic signs or features
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- 5. Ancient manuscript in book form
- 7. The art of writing or solving codes
- 9. Primary scholarly language of Renaissance Europe
- 10. Method of encrypting text
- 11. Use of symbols to convey deeper meanings
- 12. Set of letters used to write a language
- 13. Medieval precursor to chemistry with symbolic language
- 15. Study of stars often encoded with secret meanings
- 18. Scholarly class knowledgeable in languages
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