The Templar Cipher

The Templar Cipher

The flag of the monks of Templars with the Templar cross, the red cross.

The Order of the Temple: the monks.

inspiration for thier code, the Templar Cipher

The red cross or "Maltesecross"

The Templar Cipher

the representation

• based on the flag of the monks, the red cross, composed of 4 shapes in harrow heads.

• created 25 symbols (triangles and points) to represent the letters of the alphabet, the letter J didn't exist when encryption was invented.

• the alphabet is divided in 2 series

• the letter N: the central point

• the sencond series is a repetition of the first, symbols are differenced with points

Exemples

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The Pigpen Cipher

the Freemason's cipher

• Another simple substitution, similar to the Templar Cipher

• each letter of the alphabet is replaced by a geometric symbol

• the letters of the Latin alphabet in square grids

• two groups of 9 letters, and two groups of 4 letters, in alphabetical order

• the name Pigpen: the appearance of this grid evokes a stylized pig park

Exemples

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