# Simonetta's 1474 rules

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Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFXCX41G6C/simonettas-1474-rules  
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Method · historical cryptanalysis

# Simonetta's 1474 rules

**Historical cryptanalysis** Version **1.0** Licence **MIT1** runUsed on **1** mystery

## Questions it answers

- [Is it a cipher of a known language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language)

## Code Python

[Download module (.py)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/dee1cca2c5f7e6407b8b6e63b209daf01ea4200989442abad7379a910ba2450f.py)`t_simonetta.py`[View source](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/dee1cca2c5f7e6407b8b6e63b209daf01ea4200989442abad7379a910ba2450f.py)

## Runs and results 1 run

| Run | Mystery | Measured | Result | Against | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-072 | Voynich | Simonetta 1474 diagnostics: word-final units above 1% / share of five commonest endings; q followed by o | Voynich 8 / 0.91; q->o 0.976 | Italian 11 / 0.83 · Latin 12 / 0.71 | 22 Oct |

## Applied to

![Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/78r)

**[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)1 dataset** ZL3b transcription

[Download module](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/dee1cca2c5f7e6407b8b6e63b209daf01ea4200989442abad7379a910ba2450f.py)

Category

Historical cryptanalysis

Version

1.0 · 25 Oct 2026

Licence

MIT

Language

Python

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Authors

**[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)** Wrote version 1.0