Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)

Detail of tomb relief of Johannes Trithemius. Originally in the Schottenkirche St. Jakob, it was moved to the Neumünster.

Johannes Trithemius (1 February 1462 – 13 December 1516), born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer and occultist.

He had considerable influence on the development of early modern and modern occultism.

His students included Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus.

In the News

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  2018: Steganographic analysis of image from article on steganography unexpectedly reveals encrypted message from Johannes Trithemius.

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  1481: Johannes Trithemius observes Cryptographic numen.

Fiction cross-reference

• Crimes against mathematical constants
• Cryptographic numen
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Ivan Steganog

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (nonfiction)
• Cryptography (nonfiction)
• Paracelsus (nonfiction)
• Steganography (nonfiction)

External links:

• Johannes Trimethius @ Wikipedia