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Record Information
ID:12
Name:ASV_i1025_SdS_France_7-1
Current Location
Country:Vatican City State
City:Vatican City
City:Vatican Secret Archive, i. 1025, Segretario di Stato, doss. 7
Origin
Dates: -
Author:Nuncio Salviati, archbishop of Nazareth.
Sender:Nuncio Salviati, archbishop of Nazareth.
Receiver:The secretariat
Region:France
City:
Content
Type:Cipher
Status:Partially decrypted
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution, Nomenclatures
Symbol Sets:Numerical
Pages:4
Creation
Owner:6
Creator:6
Creation Date:2016-09-06 00:00:00
Access mode:Authentication required

ID 12
Name ASV_i1025_SdS_France_7-1
Owner
Current Location and Name Vatican City,Vatican Secret Archive, i. 1025, Segretario di Stato, doss. 7
ASV_i1025_SdS_France_7-1
Dates 1574 - 1574
Authors Nuncio Salviati, archbishop of Nazareth.
France
Languages Cleartext:Italian
Plaintext:Italian
Country Vatican City State
City Vatican City
Holder Vatican Secret Archive, i. 1025, Segretario di Stato, doss. 7
Author Nuncio Salviati, archbishop of Nazareth.
Sender Nuncio Salviati, archbishop of Nazareth.
Receiver The secretariat
Region France
Origin City
Start Year 1574
Start Month 1
Start Day 1
End Year 1574
End Month 12
End Day 31
Record
Type
Cipher
Status Partially decrypted
Symbol Set Numerical
Cipher Type Homophonic substitutionNomenclatures
Cipher Type (notes) Non-deterministic decryption
Symbol Sets (notes)
No. of Pages 4
Inline Cleartext Yes
Inline Plaintext Yes
Cleartext
Language
Italian
Plaintext
Language
Italian
Private Ciphertext True
Available Documents CleartextKeyTranscription
Paper damaged
Access Mode Authentication required
Creation Date 9/6/16
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
Partly deciphered in the letter. Comment from archive: Nunzio Salviati. Arcivescovo di Nazarey alla Segreteria.

It is not possible to automatically decrypt ciphertexts, since decryption is not deterministic. Regular codes can be of various lengths (1, 2, or 3 digits). There will be multiple possible ways of decrypting a certain sequence of digits. Decryption should be done manually by a linguist or historian.
Created by:evapet