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

> Most likely: 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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# 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.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its 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.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/evidence/EVD0CYVFP9E7V6H/the-project-page-dates-the-manuscript-to-about-1730)

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## The questions it answers

[When was the manuscript written and by whom?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHWT74XG/when-was-the-manuscript-written-and-by-whom)

Part of [Is the 2011 decipherment of the Copiale cipher correct?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHD600F6/is-the-2011-decipherment-of-the-copiale-cipher-correct)

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

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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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