Answer · Copiale cipher

The manuscript was written around 1730 to the 1740s, as the project site and Önnerfors's reading of the hand…

The manuscript was written around 1730 to the 1740s, as the project site and Önnerfors's reading of the hand suggest.

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Where it stands

Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

The hand and the watermarks match the 1730s or 1740s.

What would rule it out

Watermarks dated after 1750.

Evidence 1 for · none against

The project page dates the manuscript to about 1730; Önnerfors proposed the 1740s from the handwriting.

Suggestive

FOR

The questions it answers

When was the manuscript written and by whom?

Part of Is the 2011 decipherment of the Copiale cipher correct?

Most likelyThe manuscript was written between about 1760 and 1780, as the paper analysis suggests

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The manuscript was written around 1730 to the 1740s, as the project site and Önnerfors's reading of the hand… [Answer ANS0CYVFP1M5KE4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CYVFP1M5KE4

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