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Dorabella Cipher
Enciphered letter written by English composer Edward Elgar
The Dorabella Cipher is an enciphered text written by composer Edward Elgar to Dora Penny, which accompanied a plaintext letter dated July 14, 1897. Penny never deciphered it and its meaning remains unknown.
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The Dorabella Cipher is an enciphered text written by composer Edward Elgar to Dora Penny, which accompanied a plaintext letter dated July 14, 1897. Penny never deciphered it and its meaning remains unknown. The cipher, consisting of 87 characters spread over 3 lines, appears to be made up from 24 symbols, each symbol consisting of 1, 2, or 3 approximate semicircles oriented in one of 8 directions (the orientation of several characters is ambiguous). A small dot appears after the fifth character on the third line.
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