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Cryptomenysis Patefacta, or Art of Secret Information Disclosed Without a Key is a 1685 non-fiction book written by John Falconer, it was only the second text written in English on the topic of cryptography. In 1693 it was republished as Rules for Explaining and Deciphering All Manner of Secret Writing.

The book serves as a guide to various cyphers, including Egyptian hieroglyphs and fingerspelling.

References

1. Bailey, J. E. (1895). Encyclopaedia Britannica (9th ed.). pp. 669–671.
2. Research in history and philosophy of mathematics : the CSHPM 2014 annual meeting in St. Catharines, Ontario. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 10 November 2015. pp. 1–14. ISBN 9783319222585.
3. Ellison, Katherine E. (2016). A cultural history of early modern English cryptography manuals. Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis. p. 58. ISBN 9781315458205.
4. "Cryptomenysis patefacta: or the art of secret information disclosed without a key". www.peterharrington.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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