# Fishwick 2012: A Secret Code at Shugborough Hall?

> Duncan Fishwick, 2012. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The scholarly test of the Latin readings.

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# A Secret Code at Shugborough Hall?

Duncan Fishwick, 2012. _Religious Studies and Theology 30(1): 83-100_.

An epigrapher's critique of the proposed Latin expansions, arguing that Stonor's is ungrammatical and that Latin abbreviations cannot be expanded at will.

**Shugborough inscription** Articledoi: **[10.1558/rsth.v30i1.83](https://doi.org/10.1558/rsth.v30i1.83)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The scholarly test of the Latin readings.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Comparison with 18th-century English Latin inscriptions can rank readings by how normal their abbreviations…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/answers/ANS0D1M960Y0AQV/comparison-with-18th-century-english-latin-inscriptions-can)

Answer

ANS

[Fishwick rejects Stonor's reading on grammar and abbreviation practice.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M968R3J51/fishwick-rejects-stonors-reading-on-grammar-and-abbreviation)

Evidence

EVD

[The Shugborough inscription](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription)

The mystery article

MYS

[Can any reading be tested without new documents?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/questions/QST0D1M91MA24B5/can-any-reading-be-tested-without-new-documents)

Question

QST

[What do the letters OUOSVAVV stand for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/questions/QST0D1M914P3D8V/what-do-the-letters-ouosvavv-stand-for)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Fishwick, D. (2012). A Secret Code at Shugborough Hall?. Religious Studies and Theology 30(1): 83-100. https://doi.org/10.1558/rsth.v30i1.83
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1558/rsth.v30i1.83)

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**SRC** 0D1M8W0M4TX0

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Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

27 Oct 2026, for editors

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Against the published article

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