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17/08/2019
Diplomatic Ciphers of Ambassadors of Henry III of France
I made a substantial enlargement on "French ciphers during the Reign of Henry III of France"
by adding about a dozen reconstructed ciphers. Most of them are symbol ciphers similar to each other, but two are numerical ciphers.
Old handwriting is difficult to read. Signatures are not the least difficult parts. So this article gives images of signatures, which will allow identifying the authors of letters in the archives. Without such guidance, I'm sure I can hardly read most of those signatures. Now, I found my annotation to the signature of Savary de Lancosme was wrong. (Somehow, it looked "Savary", but it should be "Lancosme." Once I know this, it seems so evident that I cannot believe how I made this mistake.) Now I corrected it.
Old handwriting is difficult to read. Signatures are not the least difficult parts.
ReplyDeleteSo this article gives images of signatures, which will allow identifying the authors of letters in the archives. Without such guidance, I'm sure I can hardly read most of those signatures.
Now, I found my annotation to the signature of Savary de Lancosme was wrong. (Somehow, it looked "Savary", but it should be "Lancosme." Once I know this, it seems so evident that I cannot believe how I made this mistake.) Now I corrected it.