# The Copiale cipher manuscript

> The Commons page images (media.yaml) are scaled pages from the project's 2011 site, marked public domain as an eighteenth-century work. The earlier copy…

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Publisher: Mysteries Department  
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**ART** 0CYVFS7629PZ·Artifact · document

# The Copiale cipher manuscript

PhotographPublic domainC. 1730 (project site) to 1760–1780 (paper analysis)

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The Copiale cipher manuscript: photograph

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The Commons page images (media.yaml) are scaled pages from the project's 2011 site, marked public domain as an eighteenth-century work. The earlier copy that linked the Commons category, not a copy, is removed.

18th century, 1730. Public domain

## Copies 6

**Scan** Decipherment of Historical Manuscripts project (Uppsala/Stockholm) · su.se · not stated; private ownerPrimary source: [The Copiale Cipher (project page, Decipherment of Historical Manuscripts)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFD0J3F4P/the-copiale-cipher-project-page-decipherment-of-historical)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.su.se/english/research/research-catalogue/research-projects/d/decipherment-of-historical-manuscripts/the-copiale-cipher)

**Transcription** Kevin Knight, Beáta Megyesi and Christiane Schaefer · su.se · 2011 · not statedPrimary source: [The Copiale Cipher (project page, Decipherment of Historical Manuscripts)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFD0J3F4P/the-copiale-cipher-project-page-decipherment-of-historical)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.su.se/download/18.4347052c19c47d1ff802df4/1771944422949/copiale-transcription%20(1).txt)

**Transcription** Kevin Knight, Beáta Megyesi and Christiane Schaefer · su.se · 2011 · not statedPrimary source: [The Copiale Cipher (project page, Decipherment of Historical Manuscripts)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFD0J3F4P/the-copiale-cipher-project-page-decipherment-of-historical)3 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.su.se/download/18.4347052c19c47d1ff802df0/1771943955387/copiale-deciphered.txt)

**Transcription** Kevin Knight, Beáta Megyesi and Christiane Schaefer · su.se · 2011 · not statedPrimary source: [The Copiale Cipher (project page, Decipherment of Historical Manuscripts)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFD0J3F4P/the-copiale-cipher-project-page-decipherment-of-historical)4 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.su.se/download/18.4347052c19c47d1ff802df2/1771944176575/copiale-translation.txt)

**Photograph** 18th century · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copiale-cipher09s.png)

**Photograph** Unknown author · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copialecipher01x.png)

## Where it is kept

[Academy of Sciences archive, Berlin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CYVFEQ8061S/academy-of-sciences-archive-berlin) · Archive

## Sources 3

- [The Copiale Cipher (project page, Decipherment of Historical Manuscripts)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFD0J3F4P/the-copiale-cipher-project-page-decipherment-of-historical)_SRC_
- [The Oculists' secret society](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFDR055EP/the-oculists-secret-society)_SRC_
- [USC scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFD8C6ET8/usc-scientist-cracks-mysterious-copiale-cipher)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Copiale cipher manuscript [Artifact ART0CYVFS7629PZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CYVFS7629PZ
```

Key

**ART** 0CYVFS7629PZ

Kind

Document

Held by

private collection (formerly archive of the Academy of Sciences, East Berlin)

Dated

c. 1730 (project site) to 1760–1780 (paper analysis); owner's mark Philipp 1866

Licence

Public domain

Place

[Academy of Sciences archive, Berlin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CYVFEQ8061S/academy-of-sciences-archive-berlin)

Part of

[Copiale cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher)

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