Record Information
ID:4434
Name:BnF_fr20506_f245
ID:4434
Name:BnF_fr20506_f245
Current Location
Country:France
City:Paris
City:Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.245
Country:France
City:Paris
City:Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.245
Origin
Dates: -
Author:Mary, Queen of Scots
Sender:Mary, Queen of Scots
Receiver:Michel de Castelnau, seigneur de La Mauvissiere
Region:England
City:Sheffield
Dates: -
Author:Mary, Queen of Scots
Sender:Mary, Queen of Scots
Receiver:Michel de Castelnau, seigneur de La Mauvissiere
Region:England
City:Sheffield
Content
Type:Cipher
Status:Decrypted
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution, Nomenclatures
Symbol Sets:
Pages:1
Type:Cipher
Status:Decrypted
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution, Nomenclatures
Symbol Sets:
Pages:1
Creation
Owner:83
Creator:83
Creation Date:2023-03-28 16:28:15
Access mode:Authentication required
Owner:83
Creator:83
Creation Date:2023-03-28 16:28:15
Access mode:Authentication required
Additional Information
In addition to the main ciphertext, there is a short ciphertext in the left margin, which turned out to be an explanation of enclosures.
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
Created by:tomokiyo