Jacopo Silvestri

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

Opus novum praefectis arcium

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

Silvestri, Jacopo (1526). Opus novum praefectis arcium (in Latin).

References

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

Michele Emmer (2004). matematica e cultura 2004 (in Italian). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 56. ISBN 978-88-470-0291-3.

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[1] "Silvestri, Jacopo". thesaurus.cerl.org. Retrieved 2017-11-07.

[2] Philip M., Arnold (1980-04-01). "An Apology for Jacopo Silvestri". Cryptologia. 4 (2): 96–103. doi:10.1080/0161-118091854942.

[EllisonKim2017-3] Katherine Ellison; Susan Kim (2017). A Material History of Medieval and Early Modern Ciphers: Cryptography and the History of Literacy. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-351-97307-6.