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  • A comparison chart of various ciphers for encoding messages. Engraving by Suffield, 1807.
  • A flowering plant (Loranthus bicolor) and two ciphers of the artist, Melchior Lorch. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1814.
  • A bird forming a tughra (cipher). Woodcut by an Indian artist.
  • A camel forming a tughra (cipher). Woodcut by an Indian artist.
  • A peacock forming a tughra (cipher). Woodcut by an Indian artist, late 1800s.
  • A vase forming a cipher (tughra) in Arabic (Urdu) script. Woodcut with colour by an Indian artist.
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  • A prophet points to a cross which is leaking water; representing faith, the 'fountain of life'. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A man scatters seeds; representing the Biblical parable of the sower; here referring to the "ministry of the word", preaching. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Truth represented as the word of God assailed by persecution, superstition, tradition, betrayal and violence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A bear overturns a barrel and is stung by bees; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Birds attacking an owl resting upon a staff held by a naked woman; representing patience. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.