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Chapter 47

           DesignedbyDaVinciin1495asanoutgrowthofhisearliestanatomyandkinesiologystudies,theinternalmechanismoftherobotknightpossessedaccuratejointsandtendons,andwasdesignedtositup,waveitsarms,andmoveitsheadviaaflexibleneckwhileopeningandclosingananatomicallycorrectjaw.Thisarmor-cladknight,Sophiehadalwaysbelieved,wasthemostbeautifulobjecthergrandfatherhadeverbuilt…thatwas,untilshehadseenthecryptexinthisrosewoodbox.

           «HemademeoneofthesewhenIwaslittle,»Sophiesaid.«ButI’veneverseenonesoornateandlarge.»

           Langdon’seyeshadneverleftthebox.«I’veneverheardofacryptex.»

           Sophiewasnotsurprised.MostofLeonardo’sunbuiltinventionshadneverbeenstudiedorevennamed.Thetermcryptexpossiblyhadbeenhergrandfather’screation,anapttitleforthisdevicethatusedthescienceofcryptologytoprotectinformationwrittenonthecontainedscrollorcodex.

           DaVincihadbeenacryptologypioneer,Sophieknew,althoughhewasseldomgivencredit.Sophie’suniversityinstructors,whilepresentingcomputerencryptionmethodsforsecuringdata,praisedmoderncryptologistslikeZimmermanandSchneierbutfailedtomentionthatitwasLeonardowhohadinventedoneofthefirstrudimentaryformsofpublickeyencryptioncenturiesago.Sophie’sgrandfather,ofcourse,hadbeentheonetotellherallaboutthat.

           Astheirarmoredtruckroareddownthehighway,SophieexplainedtoLangdonthatthecryptexhadbeenDaVinci’ssolutiontothedilemmaofsendingsecuremessagesoverlongdistances.

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