Two microcryptograms
Short but tricky is the motto when it comes to microcryptograms. I recently came across two of them. Can my readers decipher them?
As a crypto-interested person, you often come across short sequences of letters or symbols that need to be deciphered. Often, these are not encryption in the strict sense, but such “microcryptograms” are usually exciting nonetheless.
Two already known examples
In July, I blogged about a microcryptogram that Cipherbrain reader Ruth Krämer-Klink pointed out to me. It comes from a graffito on Damaschkeplatz in Groß-Herau (Hesse) that has been painted over in the meantime:
Quelle/Source: Krämer-Klink
The cryptogram is circled. It consists of only five symbols. Blog reader Toni-Ketzer wrote about it:
The symbols typically stand as a signpost carved in stone from whence one comes. Top: south-north-east. Below: East and West, where the sun sets. At the bottom be the symbolic way, generally wherever you come from. One meets plant and creature which are all oriented towards the south. Question: Where is the place called Garden of Eden?
Is this the right solution? I will gladly accept reader opinions.
In the same blog post, I also presented the following microcryptogram (it’s from Reddit):
Quelle/Source: Reddit
There were interesting comments about this tattoo, but unfortunately my readers could not solve this mystery. Does it perhaps succeed now?
An encrypted movie title from 1932
Now let’s move on to a microcryptogram I haven’t blogged about yet. Jozef Krajčovič, a reader of this blog from Slovakia, presented it on Facebook:
Quelle/Source: Jozef Krajčovič
It is a challenge from 1932 and consists of only three words. The plain text is known, according to Jozef. It’s the title of a cloak-and-dagger movie. Can any reader solve this microcryptogram? I strongly suspect it has to do with The Three Musketeers.
A book title page from 1896
Another microgram I recently came across is on a book title from 1896:
Es handelt sich um eine Challenge aus dem Jahr 1932. Sie besteht nur aus drei Wörtern. Der Klartext ist laut Jozef bekannt. Es geht um den Titel eines Mantel-und-Degen-Films. Kann ein Leser dieses Mikrokryptogramm lösen? Ich vermute stark, dass es mit den drei Musketiere zu tun hat.
Eine Buch-Titelseite von 1896
Ein weiteres Mikrogramm, auf das ich kürzlich gestoßen bin, findet sich auf einem Buchtitel aus dem Jahr 1896:
Quelle/Source: Wikimedia Commons
The book is appropriately named “Cipher Message.” The cryptogram can be transcribed as follows:
B-QRs-6
Will a reader find out what this means?
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