Re: VMs: Re: 1478 Assassination Solved

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

At 11:48 06/03/2004 -0500, Bill Dimitroff wrote:
> I heard Prof. Simonetta interviewed, the other night, on CBC radio's program
> "As it Happens." If anyone is interested, then I'll track down either a
> transcript or an audio file. Regards, Bill.
>
> ["...by deciphering an encrypted letter that he discovered in a private
> archive in Urbino, Marcello Simonetta, a professor of Italian history and
> literature, shows that the mercenary Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino,
> orchestrated the coup."]

I've corresponded with Prof. Simonetta recently: probably the coolest 
aspect of this story is that he actually followed Cicco Simonetta's rules 
to break the cipher (keeping it in the family)! :-)

FWIW, the Urbino Chancery seemed to re-use their ciphers, so it may well be 
that the cipher used was actually listed in Codex Urbinate 998 (even though 
that only apparently dates to 1469) - it would be very exciting to find it 
there too! :-o

And yes, I'd love to hear an audio file or to read a transcript, thanks! :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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