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Record Information
ID:354
Name:TNA_SP106/2_ElizabethI_f162(0188)
Current Location
Country:UK
City:Kew
City:The National Archives, State Papers, inv.nr. 106 box 2.
Origin
Dates: -
Author:
Sender:
Receiver:Nicholas Wotton (1497-1567)
Region:France
City:
Content
Type:Key
Status:N/A
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution, Nomenclatures
Symbol Sets:Graphic signs
Pages:2
Creation
Owner:19
Creator:19
Creation Date:2018-09-27 00:00:00
Access mode:Authentication required

ID 354
Name TNA_SP106/2_ElizabethI_f162(0188)
Owner
Current Location and Name Kew,The National Archives, State Papers, inv.nr. 106 box 2.
TNA_SP106/2_ElizabethI_f162(0188)
Dates 1554 - 1554
Authors
France
Languages Cleartext:
Plaintext:English
Country UK
City Kew
Holder The National Archives, State Papers, inv.nr. 106 box 2.
Author
Sender
Receiver Nicholas Wotton (1497-1567)
Region France
Origin City
Start Year 1554
Start Month 1
Start Day 1
End Year 1554
End Month 12
End Day 31
Record
Type
Key
Status N/A
Symbol Set Graphic signs
Cipher Type Homophonic substitutionNomenclatures
Cipher Type (notes)
Symbol Sets (notes)
No. of Pages 2
Inline Cleartext No
Inline Plaintext Yes
Cleartext
Language
Plaintext
Language
English
Private Ciphertext True
Available Documents
Paper
Access Mode Authentication required
Creation Date 9/27/18
Key: encoded plaintext type PersonLocation
Key: numbers No
Key: content words Yes
Key: function words Yes
Key: syllables No
Key: morphological endings No
Key: phrases Yes
Key: sentences No
Key: punctuation No
Key: nomenclature size ᐳ100
Key: sections No
Key: headings No
Key: plaintext arrangement Horizontal
Key: ciphertext arrangement Random
Key: memorability 0 (None)
Key: symbol set AlphabetGraphic
Key: diacritics Yes
Key: code length Fixed
Key: code types Simple
Key: metaphors No
Key: material properties Handwritten
Key: instructions No

Additional Information
homophonic substitution cipher with nomenclature, rougly comprising of 200 codegroups in sum total. The key is remarkable, because of its seemingly exclusive use of esoteric symbols. Wotton was Queen Mary&lsquot;s ambassasor in France. Ref. nr. 147c
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