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Record Information
ID:115
Name:ASV_i1025_SdS_Spain_6_II-13
Current Location
Country:Vatican City State
City:Vatican City
City:Vatican Secret Archive, i. 1025, Segretario di Stato, doss. 6/II
Origin
Dates: -
Author:Author: Cardinals Alessandrino, Rusticucci and Ugolino Gualterucci
Sender:Author: Cardinals Alessandrino, Rusticucci and Ugolino Gualterucci
Receiver:The nuncio
Region:Spain
City:
Content
Type:Cipher
Status:Partially decrypted
Cipher Type:Nomenclatures, Polyphonic
Symbol Sets:Numerical
Pages:1
Creation
Owner:6
Creator:6
Creation Date:2016-11-21 00:00:00
Access mode:Authentication required

ID 115
Name ASV_i1025_SdS_Spain_6_II-13
Owner
Current Location and Name Vatican City,Vatican Secret Archive, i. 1025, Segretario di Stato, doss. 6/II
ASV_i1025_SdS_Spain_6_II-13
Dates 1569 - 1572
Authors Author: Cardinals Alessandrino, Rusticucci and Ugolino Gualterucci
Spain
Languages Cleartext:
Plaintext:Italian
Country Vatican City State
City Vatican City
Holder Vatican Secret Archive, i. 1025, Segretario di Stato, doss. 6/II
Author Author: Cardinals Alessandrino, Rusticucci and Ugolino Gualterucci
Sender Author: Cardinals Alessandrino, Rusticucci and Ugolino Gualterucci
Receiver The nuncio
Region Spain
Origin City
Start Year 1569
Start Month 1
Start Day 1
End Year 1572
End Month 5
End Day 1
Record
Type
Cipher
Status Partially decrypted
Symbol Set Numerical
Cipher Type NomenclaturesPolyphonic
Cipher Type (notes) Non-deterministic decryption
Symbol Sets (notes)
No. of Pages 1
Inline Cleartext No
Inline Plaintext No
Cleartext
Language
Plaintext
Language
Italian
Private Ciphertext True
Available Documents CleartextKeyTranscription
Paper
Access Mode Authentication required
Creation Date 11/21/16
Key: encoded plaintext type
Key: numbers
Key: content words
Key: function words
Key: syllables
Key: morphological endings
Key: phrases
Key: sentences
Key: punctuation
Key: nomenclature size
Key: sections
Key: headings
Key: plaintext arrangement
Key: ciphertext arrangement
Key: memorability
Key: symbol set
Key: diacritics
Key: code length
Key: code types
Key: metaphors
Key: material properties
Key: instructions

Additional Information

Comment from archive: Lett. Orig. dei cardinali Alessandrino, Rusticucci e di Ugolino Gualterucci al nunzio, dal 1 jan 1569-29 dec. 1570. ff. 341-581. Lett. Orig. dei cardinali Alessandrino, Rusticucci e Ugolino Gualterucci al nunzio, dal 3 jan 1572-1 maggio 1572. ff. 584-674. mm. 285x205. ff. 680. (s. 674.)

It is not possible to automatically decrypt ciphertexts, since this is a polyphonic cipher and decryption is not deterministic. There will be multiple possible ways of decrypting a certain sequence of digits. Decryption should be done manually by a linguist or historian.


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