During the Thirty Years’ War emperor Ferdinand III (1608 -1657) used a secret writing system. It has never been solved.
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Ferdinand III was Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 until his death in 1657, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. He played an important role in the Thirty Year’s War.
Letter 1
A few years ago, Prof. Leopold Auer from Vienna provided me a (partially) encrypted letter Ferdinand III had written to his brother Leopold Wilhelm in 1640. This letter consists of four pages:
Here is a transcription table:
Thanks to reader Finn Klein from Fürth I can provide the following transcription of the encrypted parts:
21 13 A2 04 2Q 0A 33 0Q
T3 02 01
00 2B 03 4A 3Q 0R 20 34
44 BC
94 11 4S 41 13 3D A0 GE 3M W1
0N 91 1T 42 30 9N 1Q 12 40 1B 32 12 24
4H 1B A0 AT 2Q KL IJ TU
1J WO 4A 23 44 3D
22 63 24 13 35
41 29 25 26 11 43 41 65 27
44 43 67 34 12 89 24 12 43 99 76 22 13 24
55 56 34 41 12 43 46 48 47
13 66 31 77 12 88 43 99 55
12 3F 15 41 10 0E 24 3F
42 01 2A 59 44 04 43
SI 1Q 12 42 3O A0 05 43 QT 12 13 43
TQ 0T DW 41 24 00
42 66 11 33 53 12 24 00 40 13 A5 05 3A
22 2A 13 NO 2R 01 43 A0 21 12 23 63 73
44
12 24 12 44 12 24 65 42
23 13 12 21 53 46 36 41 24 65 11 42 55 41 13 88 24 12
43 64 89 13 44 43 6X X4 13 4F
24 12 34 53 63 31 12 13 88 74 24 11 41 12 41 14
81 E1 SA 1E 40 1Q T2 01
43 41 65 12 43 18 32 21 63 24 11 42
31 41 55 66 A2 01 2T 23 23 1Q 0F
TS Q0 V1 12 73 34 12 13 AQ
34 AT BX 42 3V 34 65 77
34 41 ˩0 00 EA U0 QR 11 VC
21 13 62 43 24 41 89 12 43 55 12 24 32
34 12 66 77
13 31 43 12 AQ 11 T3 30 VQ 3S
21 14 B1 OE 4B 45 13 01 33
33 12 24
EF 13 54 3A T1 12 43 3D 01 42
31 12 N3
33 12 13 43 66 42 11 21 13
53 62 41 44 23 11 87 77 41 13 14 43 84 73
33 14 12 23
QD 01 ZA 1Z B2 12 T3 22 F2
ON IW M1 FX MJ 44 33
34 11 71 88 32
11 43
13 44 24 11 33 12 43 41 78 73 68 21 24
0A 3Q 14 3A FT 00
33 13 A0 1S 2Q 42 AA 22
13 43 41 02 4B 13 31 33 12 A2
AT 4F 0A 4B 40 02 TB U0 13 42
05 WD
13 67 31 78 33 96 34 62 O4 23 SQ
02 2D 00 34 QA 12 43 14
E0 1F 24 03 5A 12 T3
12 13 67 12 43 33 52 1Q F1 05 24 03 31 QB 31 01 20 1F TB
12 44 12 A2 2Q 0D 12 S0 34 13 98
QA 04 23 XD 43
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