# Pelling 2018: Rohonc Codex: cracked by Király and Tokai? (Cipher Mysteries)

> Nick Pelling, 2018. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The fullest public critique of the 2018 paper.

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# Rohonc Codex: cracked by Király and Tokai? (Cipher Mysteries)

Nick Pelling, 2018. _ciphermysteries.com_.

A detailed blog review (3 June 2018) of the Cryptologia paper: strong on codicology, persuasive on the talents passage, unconvinced by the numeral and dating scheme and by the absence of letter-level or grammatical readings; with a reply from Király in the comments.

**Rohonc Codex** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The fullest public critique of the 2018 paper.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The codicology, numerals and some passages are right, but the word-level readings are over-fitted and much of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex/answers/ANS0D0E35H631DM/the-codicology-numerals-and-some-passages-are-right-but-the)

Answer

ANS

[Readings never reach letters or grammar, so the mechanism of the code is not fully explained.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex/evidence/EVD0D0E32KE2R37/readings-never-reach-letters-or-grammar-so-the-mechanism-of)

Evidence

EVD

[The most persuasive readings are of well-known texts whose content the pictures suggest.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex/evidence/EVD0D0E35S01HHM/the-most-persuasive-readings-are-of-well-known-texts-whose)

Evidence

EVD

[The talents passage gives numbers that differ from Matthew 25, and the reversed-digit dating scheme is hard…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex/evidence/EVD0D0E351J11DH/the-talents-passage-gives-numbers-that-differ-from-matthew)

Evidence

EVD

[The Rohonc Codex](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Pelling, N. (2018). Rohonc Codex: cracked by Király and Tokai? (Cipher Mysteries). ciphermysteries.com. https://ciphermysteries.com/?p=11000
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[Read it free at ciphermysteries.com](https://ciphermysteries.com/?p=11000)

Key

**SRC** 0D0E2WQY1QE7

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