I was hoping someone here could help tell me what language this is? The hint for this is Mary Queen of Scots, but I have no background in historical languages, and was hoping maybe someone here does.
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1Where did you get this from?– Sardathrion - against SE abuseMar 3, 2014 at 8:05
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Part of a riddle, and I notice some of the characters from greek. As it turns out though some of the symbols are purely mathematical.– ScherfMar 3, 2014 at 8:21
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I am fairly sure this is Mary's cipher (here are similar specimen). It's a fairly simple encryption scheme and was indeed broken by her contemporary enemies in the 16th century.
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Better image source: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/… Sep 19, 2018 at 11:28
