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        Date: 2026-07-25 12:07:53+00:00
        From: Colombo, Lyle J <lcolombo@tulane.edu>
        Subject: Submission

Computational Collaborator Sought for Historical Cryptography Project

I am seeking a collaborator with experience in computational text analysis and
statistical programming for an ongoing project on early modern concealment
systems in Early Modern paratexts.

The project has produced a peer-reviewed publication in the Proceedings of
HistoCrypt 2026. An independent reviewer of a companion paper conducted a
computational replication of part of the analysis, raising methodological
questions I would like to address more rigorously.

Specifically, I am looking for someone who could write programs to:

--Put a corpus of short early modern texts into grids of specified column widths,
then search for specific letter patterns, including diagonal name-forms,
symbolic letter clusters, and vertical sequences

--Test for the co-occurrence of multiple features simultaneously in the same grids
Apply nonparametric statistical tests such as Kruskal-Wallis to the resulting
data

The project sits at the intersection of historical cryptography, early modern
book history, and Western esotericism. Co-authorship would be offered for
substantive contributions. If you are interested or know of a graduate student
or colleague who might be, please contact me at
lcolombo@tulane.edu<mailto:lcolombo@tulane.edu>.

Virginia Lyle Jennings Colombo, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Honors Scholars Programs
Tulane University
342 Millaudon Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 756-3349
lcolombo@tulane.edu


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