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Bacon’s Use of Gematria and the 26 Letter Alphabet

by Richard Allan Wagner


Question: “When did the English Language adopt the 26 Letter Alphabet?” Go to any online search engine and ask that question. Invariably, the answer will be: “Around the mid-16th century.” Now ask any Baconian scholar: “Did Francis Bacon work with a 26 Letter alphabet or a 24 Letter alphabet?” For many the answer will be: “A 24 letter alphabet.” Why the discrepancy?

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Bacon’s Use of Gematria and the 26 Letter Alphabet