# Wikipedia contributors n.d.: Dorabella Cipher

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# Dorabella Cipher

Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. _Wikipedia_.

Reference article with the background, claimed solutions (Sams, Atance, Roberts, Henderson, Packwood, Wase) and the 2007 Elgar Society competition statement.

**Dorabella cipher** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the competition result and minor claims whose primary pages are archived.

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[One of the later claims (Roberts, Henderson, Packwood) is correct.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/answers/ANS0CRZAYQ258QY/one-of-the-later-claims-roberts-henderson-packwood-is)

Answer

ANS

[The note encodes a melody, the eight orientations standing for notes and the arc count for a modifier.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/answers/ANS0CRZAV1W1DBK/the-note-encodes-a-melody-the-eight-orientations-standing)

Answer

ANS

[Packwood's method shifts each glyph's value independently without a stated rule.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZAYYW4HHC/packwoods-method-shifts-each-glyphs-value-independently)

Evidence

EVD

[The reading expands 87 symbols to 109 letters, which requires many interpretive choices.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZAY7E2477/the-reading-expands-87-symbols-to-109-letters-which-requires)

Evidence

EVD

[Elgar Society Dorabella competition for the 150th anniversary; no entry accepted](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/events/EVT0CRZAQCP5N97/elgar-society-dorabella-competition-for-the-150th)

EVT

[Enigma Variations performed; Variation X is "Dorabella"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/events/EVT0CRZAPN83GED/enigma-variations-performed-variation-x-is-dorabella)

EVT

[Edward Elgar](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/people/FIG0CRZAMPR0XNK/edward-elgar)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

[The Elgar Society](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/organisations/ORG0CRZANP04JM5/the-elgar-society)

ORG

[Is any published decipherment correct?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/questions/QST0CRZARVJ7VVV/is-any-published-decipherment-correct)

Question

QST

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