"Migrations of the Mind," an exhibit opening this week at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, California, features more than 50 manuscripts showing how cross-cultural exchanges have fertilized science since medieval times.rnAt left is "De Zifras," or "On Ciphers," a Spanish primer on cryptography that includes 24 different methods of coding. It's by an anonymous cryptographer responsible for deciphering correspondence between Algeria and the Vatican at the Spanish Court at Navarre in the late 16th century. The manuscript contains coding wheels that the reader can spin to encode and decode. "It's such a beautiful decorated manuscript [that] there's probably no way that they're using it as an 'Enigma machine,' " says curator David Brafman. "But it's clear the author does work in intelligence, and he is showing off his skill."
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机译：本周在美国加利福尼亚州洛杉矶盖蒂研究所举办的展览“心灵的迁移”展出了50多篇手稿，展示了自中世纪以来跨文化交流如何使科学受精。rn在左边是“ De Zifras”，或西班牙的“密码学入门”，涉及24种不同的编码方法。它是由一位匿名密码学家负责解密16世纪后期纳瓦拉西班牙法院在阿尔及利亚和梵蒂冈之间的往来信件。该手稿包含编码轮，读者可以旋转编码轮并对其进行解码。策展人戴维·布拉夫曼（David Brafman）说：“这是一本精美的装饰手稿，以至于他们可能根本无法将其用作'谜机'。” “但是很明显，作者确实从事情报工作，他在炫耀自己的技能。”
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