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ID:3815
Name:SOAP_Rd_Trauttmansdorff_inv.nr.200_Kurtz_to_Trauttmansdorff_1639-02-06
Current Location
Country:Czechia
City:Klášter (by Nepomuk)
City:Státní oblastní archiv v Plzni, pracoviště Klášter u Nepomuka, Rodinný archiv Trauttmansdorffů, inv. nr. 200, karton nr. 9.
Origin
Dates: -
Author:Kurtz von Senftenau, Sigismund
Sender:Kurtz von Senftenau, Sigismund
Receiver:Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Region:Germany
City:Hamburg
Content
Type:Cipher
Status:Non-decrypted
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution
Symbol Sets:Graphic signs, Alphabet, Numerical, Whitespace
Pages:5
Creation
Owner:49
Creator:49
Creation Date:2022-12-06 17:52:06
Access mode:Public

key reconstruction - Excel (Jakub Mírka) [key]

key reconstruction - handwritten (Jakub Mírka) [key]
ID 3815
Name SOAP_Rd_Trauttmansdorff_inv.nr.200_Kurtz_to_Trauttmansdorff_1639-02-06
Owner
Current Location and Name Klášter (by Nepomuk),Státní oblastní archiv v Plzni, pracoviště Klášter u Nepomuka, Rodinný archiv Trauttmansdorffů, inv. nr. 200, karton nr. 9.
SOAP_Rd_Trauttmansdorff_inv.nr.200_Kurtz_to_Trauttmansdorff_1639-02-06
Dates 1639 - 1639
Authors Kurtz von Senftenau, Sigismund
Germany Hamburg
Languages Cleartext:German
Plaintext:German
Country Czechia
City Klášter (by Nepomuk)
Holder Státní oblastní archiv v Plzni, pracoviště Klášter u Nepomuka, Rodinný archiv Trauttmansdorffů, inv. nr. 200, karton nr. 9.
Author Kurtz von Senftenau, Sigismund
Sender Kurtz von Senftenau, Sigismund
Receiver Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Region Germany
Origin City Hamburg
Start Year 1639
Start Month 2
Start Day 6
End Year 1639
End Month 2
End Day 6
Record
Type		 Cipher
Status Non-decrypted
Symbol Set Graphic signsAlphabetNumericalWhitespace
Cipher Type Homophonic substitution
Cipher Type (notes) Other: Bigrams, Nulls
Symbol Sets (notes) Other: Greek alphabet
No. of Pages 5
Inline Cleartext Yes
Inline Plaintext No
Cleartext
Language		 German
Plaintext
Language		 German
Private Ciphertext True
Available Documents Key
Paper
Access Mode Public
Creation Date 12/6/22
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

The letter is among the documents of Maximilian von Trauttmansdorff, but it was addressed directly to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, as is clear from the address in the letter head.

The reconstructed key contains homophonic substitution, bigrams (one ciphertext character for one bigram) and nulls. The ciphertext characters are mostly numeric, less alphabetic (more Latin and less Greek alphabet) and there are also a few graphic signs. The language of the cleartext and the plaintext is German, but the text also contains a lot of Latin phrases or words.

For more information about the sender and receiver see e. g.:
Kurtz von Senftenau, Sigismund
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

Related paper: MÍRKA, Jakub. Raně novověká šifrovaná korespondence ve fondech šlechtických rodinných archivů Státního oblastního archivu v Plzni. In: Západočeské archivy 2012, pp. 44–72.


Created by:jakub