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Kryptos Tableau

Kryptos sections K1 and K2 (and K4, if my 'K4 Breakthrough' idea is used) use Vigenere Quagmire III encoding using KRYPTOS as a cipherkey.

The Vigenere tableau (alphabets) on the sculpture are arranged very similarly to the tableau that is used in Kryptos (K1 and K2, possibly K4), but not exactly. To see the tableau as it appears on the sculpture, you can look at the right-hand side of the Kryptos Helper page.

Here is the tableau that is used:

  K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z	
K K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z 
R R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K
Y Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R
P P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y
T T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P
O O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T
S S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O
A A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S
B B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A
C C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B
D D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C
E E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D
F F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E
G G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F
H H I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G
I I J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H
J J L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I
L L M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J
M M N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L
N N Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M
Q Q U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N
U U V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q
V V W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U
W W X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V
X X Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W
Z Z K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X
To use the tableau, start with the first letter of the keyword (such as PALIMPSEST), in this case "P".

Then, take the first letter of the encoded text ("E" in the case of EMUF... from K1).

Go to the "P" on the left, move over to the "E" on that line, and go up to find "B". That's the "B" in "BETWEEN SUBTLE ..." from the decoded K1.