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ID:954
Name:ARA_Brus_SEA_inr.540_1635-11-16_Draft_by_ Cardinal-Infant_Ferdinand
Current Location
Country:Belgium
City:Brussels
City:Algemeen Rijksarchief, Secretairerie d&lsquot;Etat Allemande, inv. nr. 540
Origin
Dates: -
Author:Cardinal-Infant Ferdinand of Austria, 1609-1641
Sender:
Receiver:Emeror Ferdinand II of the Holy Roman Empire,1608-1657
Region:Southern Netherlands
City:Brussels
Content
Type:Cipher
Status:Decrypted
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution
Symbol Sets:Alphabet, Numerical
Pages:2
Creation
Owner:19
Creator:19
Creation Date:2018-12-06 00:00:00
Access mode:Authentication required

ID 954
Name ARA_Brus_SEA_inr.540_1635-11-16_Draft_by_ Cardinal-Infant_Ferdinand
Owner
Current Location and Name Brussels,Algemeen Rijksarchief, Secretairerie d&lsquot;Etat Allemande, inv. nr. 540
ARA_Brus_SEA_inr.540_1635-11-16_Draft_by_ Cardinal-Infant_Ferdinand
Dates 1635 -
Authors Cardinal-Infant Ferdinand of Austria, 1609-1641
Southern Netherlands Brussels
Languages Cleartext:Latin
Plaintext:Latin
Country Belgium
City Brussels
Holder Algemeen Rijksarchief, Secretairerie d&lsquot;Etat Allemande, inv. nr. 540
Author Cardinal-Infant Ferdinand of Austria, 1609-1641
Sender
Receiver Emeror Ferdinand II of the Holy Roman Empire,1608-1657
Region Southern Netherlands
Origin City Brussels
Start Year 1635
Start Month 11
Start Day 16
End Year
End Month
End Day
Record
Type
Cipher
Status Decrypted
Symbol Set AlphabetNumerical
Cipher Type Homophonic substitution
Cipher Type (notes)
Symbol Sets (notes)
No. of Pages 2
Inline Cleartext Yes
Inline Plaintext Yes
Cleartext
Language
Latin
Plaintext
Language
Latin
Private Ciphertext True
Available Documents
Paper
Access Mode Authentication required
Creation Date 12/6/18
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Additional Information
This is a partly encrypted draft of a letter by the Governor General of the Spanish Netherlands, intended for the German Emperor, with instructions for encipherment. All letters of the alphabeth have 2 to 3 codesymbols, either other letters or numbers.
[pointers to record numbers: 1887, 1889, 1890]
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