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ID:4816
Name:BnF_fr20506_f116
Current Location
Country:France
City:Paris
City:Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.116
Origin
Dates: -
Author:seigneur Francysque, comte de Pontresme
Sender:
Receiver:
Region:France?
City:
Content
Type:Cipher
Status:Decrypted
Cipher Type:Simple substitution, Nomenclatures
Symbol Sets:Graphic signs
Pages:1
Creation
Owner:83
Creator:83
Creation Date:2023-04-01 22:23:23
Access mode:Authentication required

ID 4816
Name BnF_fr20506_f116
Owner
Current Location and Name Paris,Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.116
BnF_fr20506_f116
Dates 1525 - 1550
Authors seigneur Francysque, comte de Pontresme
France?
Languages Cleartext:French
Plaintext:French
Country France
City Paris
Holder Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.116
Author seigneur Francysque, comte de Pontresme
Sender
Receiver
Region France?
Origin City
Start Year 1525
Start Month
Start Day
End Year 1550
End Month
End Day
Record
Type
Cipher
Status Decrypted
Symbol Set Graphic signs
Cipher Type Simple substitutionNomenclatures
Cipher Type (notes)
Symbol Sets (notes)
No. of Pages 1
Inline Cleartext Yes
Inline Plaintext Yes
Cleartext
Language
French
Plaintext
Language
French
Private Ciphertext True
Available Documents Key
Paper
Access Mode Authentication required
Creation Date 4/1/23
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 letter may be from ca. 1530 because the preceding letter dated 1530 (f.114) is also from Potresme.

For contemporary French ciphers, see S. Tomokiyo, "French Ciphers during the Reign of Francis I" (Cryptiana)


Created by:tomokiyo