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Aragonese code cracked

Started by Duncan Head, February 09, 2018, 08:46:49 AM

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Duncan Head

February 09, 2018, 08:46:49 AM
The Spanish National Intelligence Centre has cracked the code that King Ferdinand used to send letters to Gonzalo de Córdoba:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42931940
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ferdinand-ii-aragon-spanish-king-code-500-year-old-solved-a8193646.html

Could be some interesting sidelights on the Italian Wars coming out of that.
Duncan Head

DougM

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February 09, 2018, 09:14:59 AM
My email client gave me an interesting view.. I speculated what fishing had to do with anything, or whether the full word was codpiece, and some amazing uniform details were to be revealed, rendering all Aragonese figures obsolete overnight...

"Let the great gods Mithra and Ahura help us, when the swords are loudly clashing, when the nostrils of the horses are a tremble,...  when the strings of the bows are whistling and sending off sharp arrows."  http://aleadodyssey.blogspot.com/

Duncan Head

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February 09, 2018, 09:28:43 AM
Aragonese cod fed Reconquista armies?
Aragonese cod should be classed as Water Lurkers?
Aragonese coddled their recruits?
Duncan Head
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