# When was the manuscript written and by whom? · Copiale cipher > Three answers have been proposed. The manuscript was written around 1730 to the 1740s, as the project site and Önnerfors's reading of the hand… leads… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHWT74XG/when-was-the-manuscript-written-and-by-whom Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-26T11:57:07+00:00 --- **0** # When was the manuscript written and by whom? Asked 26 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·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)·3 answers·0·0 following **Most likely: the manuscript was written between about 1760 and 1780, as the paper analysis suggests** Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted. ## Where it stands Three answers have been proposed. The manuscript was written around 1730 to the 1740s, as the project site and Önnerfors's reading of the hand… leads, with evidence 1 for: partly supported by its tests. Two are still possible. ## Why it matters Estimates range over fifty years and the manuscript calls itself a copy; the Wolfenbüttel archive could fix both⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFD0J3F4P/the-copiale-cipher-project-page-decipherment-of-historical)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYVFDR055EP/the-oculists-secret-society). ## Answers 3 [**The manuscript was written around 1730 to the 1740s, as the project site and Önnerfors's reading of the hand…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/answers/ANS0CYVFP1M5KE4/the-manuscript-was-written-around-1730-to-the-1740s-as-the) Partly supported by its tests Evidence: 1 for Most likely [**The manuscript was written between about 1760 and 1780, as the paper analysis suggests.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/answers/ANS0CYVFNJ00YCN/the-manuscript-was-written-between-about-1760-and-1780-as) Partly supported by its tests Evidence: 1 for Most likely [**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/answers/ANS0CYVFPH87H9N/none-of-these) Not tested enough to call either way Evidence: none yet Still possible ## History 1. 26 Oct 2026Asked on this site ## Discussion 0 [Add to the discussion](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHWT74XG/when-was-the-manuscript-written-and-by-whom%23discussion) Help with this question [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ] [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHWT74XG/when-was-the-manuscript-written-and-by-whom%23add-answer) [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ] [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHWT74XG/when-was-the-manuscript-written-and-by-whom%23add-evidence) [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ] [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHWT74XG/when-was-the-manuscript-written-and-by-whom%23add-question) [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ] [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHWT74XG/when-was-the-manuscript-written-and-by-whom%23add-source) Where it fits Copiale cipher [**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)Key question · The manuscript is a homophonic substitution cipher for eighteenth-century German, with Roman letters as… [What were the Oculists?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFJ4M6TJP/what-were-the-oculists)Most likely · the Oculists were a Masonic or para-Masonic order at Wolfenbüttel that recorded and practised high-degree… **When was the manuscript written and by whom?** You're here · the manuscript was written between about 1760 and 1780, as the paper analysis suggests [ Ask a question under this one ]