# Pelling n.d.: Dorabella Cipher

> Nick Pelling, n.d.. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Survey and source for the reported exercise-book test phrases.

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# Dorabella Cipher

Nick Pelling, n.d.. _Cipher Mysteries_.

Survey page by a cipher historian: the cipher as a pigpen-like variant of rotated symbols, assessments of Gaffney, Roberts and Pitt claims ("claimed by many but actually given to none"), and reader reports on the exercise book.

**Dorabella cipher** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Survey and source for the reported exercise-book test phrases.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The exercise book records Elgar's alphabet with plaintext test phrases, so the letter values can be recovered.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/answers/ANS0CRZAWGR1M2P/the-exercise-book-records-elgars-alphabet-with-plaintext)

Answer

ANS

[A reader reports test phrases such as 'A very old cipher', 'Do you go to London' and 'Marco Elgar' in the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZAWRJ30RK/a-reader-reports-test-phrases-such-as-a-very-old-cipher-do)

Evidence

EVD

[Elgar's letters are full of puns and deliberate misspellings.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZATT26VVV/elgars-letters-are-full-of-puns-and-deliberate-misspellings)

Evidence

EVD

[Pelling: the prize was 'claimed by many but actually given to none'.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZAZ6P47TZ/pelling-the-prize-was-claimed-by-many-but-actually-given-to)

Evidence

EVD

[The Dorabella cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Pelling, N. (n.d.). Dorabella Cipher. Cipher Mysteries. https://ciphermysteries.com/other-ciphers/the-dorabella-cipher
```

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Key

**SRC** 0CRZAJGE1ZDJ

Kind

Web page

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

27 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published original

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