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Record Information
ID:4431
Name:BnF_fr20506_f239
Current Location
Country:France
City:Paris
City:Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.239
Origin
Dates: -
Author:Mary, Queen of Scots
Sender:Mary, Queen of Scots
Receiver:Michel de Castelnau, seigneur de La Mauvissiere
Region:England
City:Shffield?
Content
Type:Cipher
Status:Decrypted
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution, Nomenclatures
Symbol Sets:
Pages:1
Creation
Owner:83
Creator:83
Creation Date:2023-03-28 16:21:31
Access mode:Authentication required

ID 4431
Name BnF_fr20506_f239
Owner
Current Location and Name Paris,Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.239
BnF_fr20506_f239
Dates 1580 - 1580
Authors Mary, Queen of Scots
England Shffield?
Languages Cleartext:
Plaintext:French
Country France
City Paris
Holder Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.239
Author Mary, Queen of Scots
Sender Mary, Queen of Scots
Receiver Michel de Castelnau, seigneur de La Mauvissiere
Region England
Origin City Shffield?
Start Year 1580
Start Month 9
Start Day 27
End Year 1580
End Month 9
End Day 27
Record
Type
Cipher
Status Decrypted
Symbol Set
Cipher Type Homophonic substitutionNomenclatures
Cipher Type (notes)
Symbol Sets (notes)
No. of Pages 1
Inline Cleartext No
Inline Plaintext No
Cleartext
Language
Plaintext
Language
French
Private Ciphertext True
Available Documents
Paper
Access Mode Authentication required
Creation Date 3/28/23
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 decryption (key) was published in George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, Satoshi Tomokiyo (2023), "Deciphering Mary Stuart’s Lost Letters from 1578-1584", Cryptologia, URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01611194.2022.2160677

There is some uncertainty in the day in the date ("27").


Created by:tomokiyo