Jörg Weinmeister to the Dukes of Bavaria, spring 1533

At a glanceKey from adjacent plaintext · partial (97% of the cipher)

The letter: Not Augurellio: signed in cipher Iorg Weinmaister (Jörg Weinmeister), a Bavarian agent in Hungary, to Dukes Wilhelm IV and Ludwig X, December 1535.
Where: DECODE R9407, five pages, seven images; f. 235r is the straight photograph.
The cipher: The volume’s System A′, a homophonic cipher of signs and numerals, also used in R9408–R9413 and R9427.
How it was read: The key came from the contemporary gloss on R9427, was extended on R9410, then extended again here by annealing and manual correction. All 4,363 cipher signs were transcribed again and checked line by line.
What it says: King John’s siege of Palota, the diet of Pressburg, the taking of Simontornya, and fifty thousand Turks marching on Buda.
Still open: About thirty scattered words and two name signs.

01 The record and its leaves

DECODE R9407 is described as “Augurellio to …”, five pages, Partially decrypted, alphabet with graphic signs and numerals, language unknown; its date, 1475/1625, is the span of the whole volume, Kurbayern Äußeres Archiv 4591, the Bavarian ducal chancery’s collection of cipher keys with ciphertexts bound in among them. The record carries seven images. In the order of the text:

P3, f. 233r: a full page of cipher, thirty-four lines, with a contemporary interlinear gloss over the first three lines and two clear Latin phrases inside the text.
P5: the second page, thirty-one lines, with a clear Latin sentence.
P6, f. 235r: the third page, thirty-six lines, with one clear Latin phrase. The first pass took this image to be absent from the record; it is there, and it is the same leaf that image P4 shows at an angle beside the slip.
P4, f. 234: the slip (Zettel), eight lines written across the leaf, with the news from Belgrade, Datum ut in literis and the ciphered signature.
P7, the address leaf: two cipher lines of postscript, the signature again, and the superscription le[tte]re ad Mag[nifi]co domino Augurello that gave DECODE its title.
P1–P2, the outer address, in clear: Doctor Christof [W…], Bayrisch rhat, meinem freundlichen lieben bruder, with the docket 10. Decembris 33 and München.

The images are not in the public domain, so no crop of them is reproduced here.

02 Who wrote it, and when

“Augurellio” is a name on the packet. The writer names himself inside, in cipher, at the foot of the slip and again at the foot of the address leaf, with the same fifteen signs both times:

ʏ m ↓ I π ω ʏ □ 7 ϝ ʏ ʏx ÿ σ γ = I o r g W e i n m a i s t e r

A faint later gloss over the second reads “… weinmeister”. The outer address sends the packet to the writer’s brother, a doctor and Bavarian councillor, for the dukes. The volume has a key made out for Augurelio (R9369, f. 172, Dno Aurelio Augurelio), and that key is not this letter’s: in it ω stands for l, here for e.

The date. The first pass dated the letter from its docket, read X Decembris 35. The figures are small and cursive, and on the second pass they were taken as 33; the contents settle it. The letter reports King John’s army besieging László Móré in Palota with Hungarians, Turks and Bohemians, and says the besiegers are still before the castle. That is the siege Hieronymus Łaski opened on 14 April 1533 with Hassan Bey’s Turks and fifty Bohemian miners, and which ended when the walls were mined at the end of May, Ferdinand standing aside by agreement with his rival. The letter also mentions a castle taken the day after Easter (13 April 1533) and Ferdinand’s new peace with the Turk. It was written between late April and May 1533; the docket is a filing date, and the slip’s Datum ut in literis refers to the covering letters.

03 The cipher and the key

System A′ is a homophonic cipher of invented signs, Greek-looking letters and numerals, written without word division. Letters have one to three signs each (homophones), and several signs carry two values in this hand (polyphony):

letters: ω e, □ n, 4 e, ч i, ʏx s, ÿ t, 3 u, x̸ u, ↓ r, γ r, 8 n, 5 a, φ a, δ l, ӏ h, I g, 7 m, 9 o, Δ f, 6 d, ⊔ c, ⊹ k, ⊕ t, Ψ ll, ⍴ rr;
two-valued: ∃ d/ch, π w/b/o, o b/w, ‡‡ g/u, ʒ s/ch;
ligatures: ʒo = h, ꝏ° = sp (so Caspar is c–a–[sp]–a–r);
word signs: the hourglass ⧖ = “F.G.”, fürstliche Gnaden, the same sign as in the sibling key R9427, and distinct from the slashed x̸ that is u; the dotted ·ʃ· = King Ferdinand, fixed by seins herren [ʃ] … das er [ʃ] mit dem turcken ein frid gemacht; and ∇, the name of the man besieging Palota with herr Caspar, probably Łaski.
clear figures: two numerals stand in the cipher as numerals, mit 4000 zu fuess und ross and hundert tausent und 34 tausent gulden.

04 The decipherment

The contemporary gloss over the first lines of f. 233 reads Genedig fursten und herren … Caspar … das leger, and that is how the letter opens. The full decipherment, line by line, with open words marked, is in the repository (targets/augurelio1535/pass2/reading.txt). Below, the German of the main passages and what they say.

f. 233r: the siege of Palota

Genedig fursten und herren, … ich zu herrn Caspar in das leger fur den Palota hab geschickt … Rerum novarum autem quod hic habemus … sol ich euer F.G. wie hernach volgt verstendigen, das er durch den [∇] und herr Casparn mit 4000 zu fuess und ross, ungern, turcken und Behamen, mechtigen ungern, … het in ainem festen schloss Palota genent belegern lassen, der lange zeit grosse merderei hat getriben, und von baidern auf dem tag zu Bresburg ist ausgeschlossen, also das ieder kunig, welcher zuvor kombt, straffen mag … umb hundert tausent und 34 tausent gulden geschetzt hat; und wiewol erstlich gedachts schloss nit nach herr Casparn rat vergeblich beschossen ist worden, iedoch hofft er es mit graben und maurwerch auszerichten.

Herr Caspar has been sent into the camp before Palota. King John has had the strong castle of Palota besieged by [∇] and herr Caspar with four thousand foot and horse, Hungarians, Turks and Bohemians: its holder has long carried on great murder and robbery, and at the diet of Pressburg both kings left him out of the settlement, so that whichever king comes first may punish him. The castle was valued at 134,000 gulden. It was first bombarded to no effect, against herr Caspar’s advice; now he hopes to take it by digging and undermining. The Latin Et propter illum hominem plures introduces those who have tried to get the castle relieved: this has not been permitted by [ʃ], Ferdinand, who thinks he has a peace with the Turk. So a Hungarian, Török Bálint, who one evening went drinking with [ʃ] at Vienna, was dispatched about the relief with the answer that he should come back and speak of such things in the morning, wan er nuechter sei, when he is sober. The Hungarians of his party took it as a great insult, and so the bishop of Veszprém was sent to [ʃ] with the message that everything done at Pressburg, at Constantinople and elsewhere had been done without their knowledge; they could not tell whether they had been given away or sold.

P5: the truce, Katzianer, Simontornya, the post

Their lord has always fed them with many words, which misled them more than it helped; now he must tell them where they stand. Before he left, [one of them] wrote to Katzianer (Cacianer) to ask what to expect of the truce and whether it would be extended. Katzianer answered that he had consulted his lord’s council and was to tell him, on behalf of his lord [ʃ], that [ʃ] mit dem turcken ein frid gemacht and would keep to it; he and his lord should keep the peace too and von der belegerung des More Lesl[o] abziechen, raise the siege of László Móré, or something would be undertaken against them and the castle relieved. Regardless of this threatening letter, [∇] and herr Caspar marched on the castle with many men and are still before it; they also took another castle, with much booty, the day after Easter, man heist s Simontornia, ist ser fest: Simontornya.

Illud tamen summum maximum esse existimo, das euer F.G. Hansen Schetinger, burger und kaufman zu Munchen, handlen und genedigklich zusprechen, das er zu Wien seinem factor, wan er doselbs grossen handel fuert, bevelch gebe, das er alle brief, so ime von herr Caspar oder von der […] zukomen, on allen verzug euer F.G. alweg zuschicke …

The main request: the dukes should have Hans Schetinger, burgher and merchant of Munich, tell his factor at Vienna, where he does a large trade, to forward at once every letter from herr Caspar; he could do it secretly. If the dukes dealt with Schetinger in this way, they would not need to use den iuden any further, dan im nit zu vertrauen ist.

f. 235r: the Jew, Minckwitz, herr Caspar, the Chancellor

The reason: the Jew let the letters be copied at Kraków before he delivered them, as he admitted to the writer himself, and as the dukes will learn from him. A secretary told the writer that he had seen at Kraków copies of the dukes’ letters in the hands of Minckwitz, and that they are common knowledge there. Minckwitz, the Saxon feuder, is at feud with [∇] and they have written each other letters of defiance; he has no other refuge, and no one knows what he might do with such copies:

wil das als euern F.G. [un]gehorsamer undertenigkait aus schuldiger pflicht haben angezaigt, damit kain ander der hendlung wissend vertacht werde.

After the Latin Quid autem actum sit: the writer has dealt with [a man whose name is not deciphered], told him of the dukes’ good will and offer, and he thanked them warmly and is glad to serve them; he has been told to treat with the Turk on their behalf, so that if [ʃ] makes peace with the Turk, [ʃ] should have peace with all his allies too, though without naming anyone, which he is willing to do. Herr Caspar bit in aller gehorsamer undertenigkait, euer F.G. wellen ine und seine kind genedigklich bedencken: herr Caspar asks the dukes to remember him and his children. All letters should go through Schetinger. The writer encloses a copy of a letter that [ʃ]’s councillor, now in Turkey, wrote to the regents at Vienna. As far as he understands, the Chancellor is also going to Constantinople, and he will report what is negotiated there, and keep a careful watch on the news.

The slip on f. 234, and the postscript

[Wiss]en: heut dato ist ein Ratz komen mit briefen, der sagt, wie zu Kriechischen Weissenburg funfczig tausent turcken sind ausgezogen hieher auf Ofen zu … doch nit was fur ein frid ist, wie dan euer F.G. aus [dem] schreiben zu vernemen haben, ist zu besorgen; auch wie mir er selbs het gesagt, der [ʃ] werde mer krieg dan frid haben. Datum ut in literis. Jirg Weinmaister.

Today a Rascian (a Serb) came with letters and says that fifty thousand Turks have marched out of Belgrade towards Buda; what kind of peace this is, the dukes can judge from the letters; it is to be feared, as the man himself said, that Ferdinand will have more war than peace. The slip is dated “as in the letters”, which is also what the faint later gloss over the line says. The postscript on the address leaf commends the writer to the dukes as his most gracious lords and is signed again.

05 How the key was applied and extended

The key of R9369, the one addressed to Augurelio, was tried first and rejected against the gloss. The letter’s system was recognised from the gloss pairs as System A′, and the key recovered from the R9427 gloss and extended on R9410 was carried across by the shapes of the signs, which gave running German at once.

First pass. Candidate values for each sign were estimated statistically against a letter-trigram model of German, the most probable text was decoded and then rescored with word frequencies from the Deutsches Textarchiv; rounds of manual correction followed, each aligned back to the signs to re-estimate the key; about forty transcription corrections on the two main pages. Result: f. 233 and the P5 page at about 96%, the angled column 65%.
Second pass. The record’s image list was taken from DECODE and P6 fetched. All pages were transcribed again, one character per sign; a solver (simulated annealing) against a language model of sixteenth-century German, started from the System A′ key with the gloss values fixed, gave German on every page. A decoder that chooses the value of each two-valued sign by context then decoded each line, and every line was compared with its crop. That separated the hourglass F.G. from the slashed u, found the clear numerals, the ligature mγ, the name signs, and several dozen single misreadings.
History. Hungarian accounts of the 1533 siege of Palota (Łaski, Hassan Bey, the Czech miners, Móré) confirmed the decipherment of More Lesl[o] and Behamen and fixed the date.

The measure is a word count over the decipherment: a word counts only when its sense is not in doubt. 1,003 words, 33 open (30 words and three occurrences of ∇): 96.7%.

The key carried back to the siblings. On 2 October 2026 the key as improved on this letter was carried back by sign shape to the five sibling letters of System A′ (R9408, R9409, R9410, R9413, R9427), re-learned on each letter and checked by a hand decipherment of every line. The share of each machine decipherment that segments into period German words rose from 0.55–0.69 with the older gloss key to 0.84–0.88, and the hand decipherments give sense for 83.9% of the words of the six letters. R9408 turned out to be a second letter of Jörg Weinmeister, from Buda (Ofen) on 8 February 1534, and R9410 holds a Latin letter of King John Zápolya to the dukes of 30 June 1534. The letters are on the KAA 4591 page.

06 What remains

About thirty scattered words, at most two or three on a line, whose signs are legible but give no word under the values the letter uses: among them the opening words of f. 233r line 1, a word before “turcken” (l. 5), the man before “zum [ʃ] geschickt” (l. 31), and a few words at the end of P5 (ll. 27–28). Every one was retried with the extended key and at the image.
∇, the name sign of the man who besieges Palota with herr Caspar (four occurrences): probably Hieronymus Łaski, who led the siege (grade C). Herr Caspar himself is not identified.
One name at the head of f. 235r l. 16, the man the writer dealt with on the dukes’ behalf.
Grades: the passages quoted above are C (key and context agree), except Ratz on the slip and Hansen Schetinger (spelt Schotinger later), which are M; the surname of the doctor on the outer address is not made out.

Full texts

The transcription and the decryption of every document on this page, so that the reading can be used and checked. Short files are shown here; all are in the repository.

Weinmeister to the Dukes of Bavaria, spring 1533 (ff. 232-235) read in part

Jörg Weinmeister, a Bavarian agent in Hungary, reports to Dukes Wilhelm IV and Ludwig X on King John's siege of Palota (Várpalota), held by László Móré, during the spring of 1533, Ferdinand standing aside after his peace with the Turk; a slip adds news that fifty thousand Turks have marched from Belgrade towards Buda.

Builds coherent sentences, but under the read bar of 95% of words read as sense (94% here); the holes are marked in the reading.

Transcription

transcription.txt

# R9407 (BayHStA KAA 4591 f.232-235) transcription; one char per sign; codes as ../../kaa4591/sysA/signs_r9410.md where the shape matches
# new codes for this hand: u = open 4 (ч); I = bracketed tall I (Ɪ); W = ꝏ; z = o with bar (o-, σ); T = ⊤; h = barred A (Ⱥ);
# H = ∦ (H-like double stem); B = lollipop b with dagger above; l = barred t (Ł); t = ϯ (4-cross/up-arrow); f = φ; V = ∇ on a stem
# Z = hourglass ⧖ = F.G. (split from X = slashed ✗ = u in v2, by context after "eur"/"eurn"); c = [ / ⊏; j = ) hook (ʒ); @ = ⊕; O = θ; ? = doubtful; [..] = clear text; g: = gloss
# images are upside down (rotate 180)
== P3 f.233r ==
01 bIwq4Eu#D3vxy48Xq6bwBzqQ398Tjd7uEtUbwvg
g: genedig fursten und herren uorn 1531 zu her.. (faint, sign by sign)
02 c5WPfhu8E5xdwI4vD3g6wqA5Ozyb5Izj+mcHy38Emqw
g: caspar .. und das leger .. (faint)
03 63vEmguEnpxw3vqZIwxcbvpnzqLwlowvuEy4q6fxLw8
g: durch m.. (faint)
04 EwxuqAw5dxXpdu4ntnmxLwqEyuxyDUvI3Ey58Iwxwb4q
05 jo5yEuw6wxbz#Ey3vcHwb#8EuvwgQLjEwqnwyvwBwq
06 y [Rerum novarum autem quod hic habemus D.] x9duE43vZouw
07 b4vq5E3mdIyXwvxyz8Eu#4qE5xQE3vE6wqV3qEb4Bc5WPfvq
08 mgm@ [4000] t3DX4x3qEvnxXqIwvqy#vcHwqX86nwb5
09 74qmgwjyuIwq3q#wvq7FgzdwxduIwq58ybzyuqflqw7
10 D?xy48j+dnxA5d9@Jznwq48yowd4Iwvqd5xLwqEwv
11 d5qIwtwlyHvnxLw74g6zvwlb5@#wyguozq3qE
12 XnqnflEwh5#D6w7yzIt3Avwxa#vIux@53xIwj+
m: marginal insertion at line 12: #jquIw8+
13 dnxLwq5dx9E5LlwEwvH3quInwdE4vt3X9gH97n@xyv
14 5Bwq7jI4nwdE4vp#E6uw398xyXwdnwlxLwqo3vIE539q
15 E5xj+d9xAfe9ybftonmgwldIwO4#zquq3mwvpfg
16 X7nb3qEwvy@fxxwq@#86 [34] y5#LwqyI3dEwqIwj+wcIy
17 b5y3qEnuwondwvxyduEIw6pEyxj+d9xqmOq5EbwBcfWP
18 fvqvfyXwgIwnuqduEnwj+nxLw8mxyo9gEwqlwE9E
19 #zgjo9D@wvwyopx7my#vfnwq3qEmg53vnwgo+4q
20 53xtwvuEywq [Et propter illum hominem plures] ::jo5nwq
21 xuEAwl?Ezv3qIwvqAwmg3wyuq4t3wqyxwctw8
22 mL@E9Enuxbwv3n8SqmynwnmYuIyn9vEwqo5qwg
23 6whDvuExnwv34gmgfuqy7m@6wmgy3vcHwqtwb9
24 owbAvwE4jo5@Ewvb5dnwqwuq483qIwvqyXvNHnz
25 ldfqyEwv4mqL5nwq@xo9dnwt4E@mgu@St3nuw8
26 XmdEwvzqyxwct3q#b5do4qjo5yvz648nzIwq7u@
27 Ezmgnwj+5l@bzyfoIwDwvyuI@wgxmdX9qx9dEw8
28 L5Ez8Ezxmg9vIwqLnfqzg8#wEyzvxwl7myu7z
29 gw648Ewx6zq3qIwv8LwuqzgAfv@b35xy#4vj+7
30 zEyXq6Ewvjo5dnw8Auj+nD39qnwxAvl7xufYwu8
31 b4YmIt37S#wj+ucH@mgmyEwgowvn#qIwgSbfnw
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33 5qEwv8nvyw8E#gjuqwIzb5qEwdyxzmfYwxfquv
34 nuxLwqnwj+wE48xm73Iw853EquyXzvxyz8nnxp
== P6 f.235r (right way up; image P6, fetched 22 Sept 2026) ==
# N = small ∩ (distinct from π); k = single-stem double-barred ǂ; K = asterisk ✱
g: top gloss, faint: "handt zu b[e]zahlen"(?) over line 1
01 b5qEbt3nvf3Ewq65qu7wqmyt3#zv@gfXzquxy#v
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05 7uvf3EEwxokxwcgwyfvuIwxoIywvb5nwt3cvmNf3
06 3qEqfE7fdxAwlEw7mgmqcKnuctz3vZnvuzDwq
07 f3xIwtmIqwcnawlz8#wxzjozqxuxwlz853Et#
08 cgfNf3Ifqct#w7flb3qE6unzldlwct7uqcHnmct7py
09 Ew7VquytzDvuEwq38EDwuqEDxnvuwDwuqf8EwgIw
10 j+vunwqbfo48XqEquqE4v@Hfm8fqEwg5XD4qybzdy
11 jo5ynflxquw7fqyofL7u8cHnpt7myxndEwgc9Awl
12 7zEyIw#zqbuXvuEywqnudEfxfdxnz3vqZpqIwb9
13 vxf7wg3qE4v@zqu#Hflyf3Lj+XdEuIwgADduEy
14 bfnwqz8#4tflIyEm7myHfuqf8EwgE4vbzqEdX8I
15 nuxLwqEyXwvE5Eyowv Ew [Quid autem actum sit] 7uyEwmg
16 5nuubx38EwvdmjIwjo5q6zdy#qEwxXgZI3zynuYm#Hf
g: 16 the first five signs are underlined, with a mark "Ω‖" in the margin
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26 qc#z8uqExwuzIt8zEu#zjowB4qxzuqEwqwvxuE#q
27 Ezv@wqpIHdmEnw3udEy3wv75uq@z#Ew3gZxnYwq
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29 j+mnuqIwgbwvfnj+ucHwqbuwmguyj+mNHpEw3vq
30 ZwuqcmAwmx9Svf@6wvlwctuqEwvy3vcHwluxy
31 Ewqvw#4q@wq398nmwqbfyt3Iwj+gunwq5dx3ud
32 uEqnEXwvxywx9nmv6wyQcfqtdzgf#EIwqcnq
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36 oudfuE3dzuxLmIfXD7wvcK#q#bfnwq3qEw#vXt#
== P5 (upside down; page order to be settled from the text) ==
# G = Ω-like sign (δ followed by ʊ loop)
01 3wvj+4qcHyFEzgXwvH53D@L4p8xmmg3wxLwqIdwuE
02 IOzxnwqo5xuq48Lwp8zvbzyzdnwI7uy3mdonvywq
03 xfIw8Efv6#dExuAmxbwvmgwv34vD3wgyE58q#tw7ADf
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08 xwumDwgqm@b5yc5Nu5qwgIzzqyo3vynuw4vxwmq
09 j+gwun4q3wvqmgwqzvb5nwmgu@xwmq47bzBv5yEfv
10 3nwvIwb5dywq3qEu7wDXwIwvEwvjo5dnwq3nqow#w8
11 xwuqLbwB48St3nuxLwqE5xwvS7uyEw7y3vcHw8wuq
12 bDvuE#w7fEy6w7xwdnwq8fEowd4gxpEjo56@wqwv
g: 12 begins with a struck-out ωm
13 #qExwu8bwBx9YwqxuEEw7Dvu653EIw74Ljo5dywq3q6
14 3nqEwvnwd4Iwv3qI6wxmg9vwd4xdu5ntuwEwqnEwv
15 mgzqnwvE4zynfxEfIw#wqD3vqw7zq3qEuqw4qyxwc
16 tw83q58Iwx4bzqznwvLndEwgyv9j+vuD@mxyEwg
17 VXq6bwBczWo5v7m@QnuYwqD3vIw74OyxLcjodmx
18 Iwtm#wq3q6x4uq89EEfg#Fvxub5nwqz3Ewuq
19 5qEwgj+dnx7myIv9xLw7#3w@57f8EwvqyfIq5EEwn
20 9xywvyfIwuq#zqx7w8bzlxyxu7kqy9vqfuxyxwv
21 Dwxy [Illud tamen summum maximum esse existimo] E5xw3vZb5qxwq
g: 21 a struck ∋φ after the X
22 j+nnp8IwvA3vIwg3qEHf3D75qt3738Ew8bf8EdwqXqE
23 Iw84EuIHduEt#WovzEwqE5xwvt3nuzqxwuqz7Dfcy
24 n5qwvE9xwdnxwmIv9xLwqb5qEw6D#zv@nw346EIwnz
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28 b5Ot73qEqXwvd#gn#vEw4vxmdEwb5q6dXIEwxy4Y
29 xyuddwv3qE3dwuxLmIwvjofdywq38Enw#zdEwqEwv
30 f5jow8x9Xwvz#vZ7uyIwEfyw7j+9npqIwvjo5qEd8
31 ?vXEwquyXnq89@w8xwuquqEwqm#6wqo4uyzvuqEw
== P4 f.234 (block written across the page, image P4 left; rotate 90° ccw) ==
01 zqbw3yE5@kmLywu8v4ctH9mgwq7p@ngu4D4qHm5w8xfIy
02 ouwt3HvmwEmj+w8nwuxLwqo3vID3qDctuIy5Xxwqy@3vcH
03 wqxuqE5XxtmIw8buwbzv5XDnDwqt3Xq6x5ISx5Lwvnzd
04 3mqxwuqwmgDvuExnnfuxwvE9EqmynfxDXvwuqDvu6uxy
05 nuwEfqw3vZf3xQj+vwmnwqt3Xwvqzmgwqb5nwquxyt3
06 nwx9vIwq53EnuwmguvQxwdnxbzyIwx5Iy6wvSnwvEwmgwv
07 HvuwtEfqDvuEbfnwqEfyX73yuqduYwgmx
g: 07 faint gloss over the end of the line, "..n t mut.. n / ..it.. z..is"
08 umvInwuq7fuxywg
g: 08 (signature, set right) faint gloss "l.. z welnmeister"(?)
== P7 f.235v postscript (above the address "le[tte]re ad Mag[nifi]co domino Augurello"; rotate 90° ccw) ==
01 j+vwunwq6wqmE77uEfdx7wuwqIw84EuIuxyw8bwB4q
02 uqEmzk3wym#wg#qDwv@wquIHflynw3u6E4Efy#
g: 02 ends with a small mark ", ω̈ 8" (not transcribed); line 3 is a short clear word, "in brevis"(?), not read
04 umvInwlq7fmxywg
g: 04 set right = the signature, same signs as the f.234 signature

Decryption

reading.txt

# R9407 reading, draft 3 (from decrypt_v6.txt and the image re-checks; page order by sense:
# f.233r (P3), P5 (f.233v/234r), f.235r (P6), f.234v closing block (P4), postscript (P7)).
# Conventions: word division and light normalisation (u/v, i/j as sense needs); spelling otherwise as deciphered.
# [x] = letter supplied or emended (a slip in the cipher or in the transcription); {?} = one word not read;
# Móré László held Palota (P5.14 'More Lesl[o]'). {S} = the dotted ʃ code = King Ferdinand (he made the 1533 peace with the Turk); {V} = the ∇ code, a person besieging Palota with herr Caspar: probably Hieronymus Łaski, who led the siege from 14 April 1533 (grade C); F.G. = hourglass sign.
# 23 Oct 2026 (r2b): aligned word by word with decrypt_v7.txt; 'so' (P3.03) and 'man' (P5.20) bracketed as supplied, '[h]ab ich dem' (P6.06) restored to the decode's 'bei dem', 'der' (P6.32, P4.01) marked [?der]. Running text: R9407_reading.md.
# | ... | = clear Latin written in the letter. Numerals 4000 and 34 are clear figures in the cipher.

P3.01 Genedig fursten und herren, {?} {?} {?} ich zu herr[n]
P3.02 Caspar in das leger fur den Palot[a] ha[b] geschickt, und ine
P3.03 durch mich bis euern F.G. geschriben sei, [so] berichten, das {?}
P3.04 {?} {?} als vil ietz wissend ist, fur gut angesehen
P3.05 hat, die des {?} turcken und irer sachen betre[ffen]
P3.06 t. | Rerum novarum autem quod hic habemus D. | sol ich euer F.G. wie
P3.07 hernach volgt verstendigen, das e[r] durch den {V} und herr Casparn
P3.08 mit 4000 zu fuess und ross, ungern, turcken und Beha
P3.09 men, [einen] mechtigen ungern, M[o]re Lesli genant, het in ainem
P3.10 f[e]sten schloss Palota genent belegern lassen, der
P3.11 lange zeit grosse merderei hat getriben, und
P3.12 von baider[n] auf dem tag zu Bresburg ist ausgesch
P3.13 lossen, also das ieder kunig, welcher zuvor kombt, str
P3.14 affen mag; welcher {?} die von Stuelweissenburg davon
P3.15 das schloss Palota {?} zwo meil gelegen, in vier iar
P3.16 umb hundert tausent und 34 tausent gulden geschetzt
P3.17 hat; und wiewol erstlich gedachts schloss nit nach herr Casp
P3.18 arn rat vergeb[l]ich beschossen ist worden, iedoch
P3.19 {?} hofft er es bis mit graben und maurwerch
P3.20 auszerichten. | Et propter illum hominem plures | haben
P3.21 sich bei der ungern bemuet, ine zu entsetzen,
P3.22 ist doch bisher von {S} nit bewilligt worden, wan er
P3.23 der frid, so er vermaint mit dem turcken ze ha
P3.24 ben, brechen; hat derhalben einen ungern, Turck W
P3.25 alent, der eins abents wolte zecht mit {S} zu Wien
P3.26 vil der entsetzung halben hat reden wegen, mit
P3.27 dem beschaid het abgefertigt, er sol von solchen
P3.28 sachen des morgens, wan er nuechter sei, mit ime
P3.29 reden; des den ungern seiner parthei fast verschm
P3.30 echt, und derhalben bischof von Wesprim sich allein
P3.31 {?} zum {S} geschickt mit der werbung, er {S} habe
P3.32 alles, das so zu Bresburg und Constantinobel, auch
P3.33 andern orten durch ine gehandelt sei, alles ane ir
P3.34 wissen beschehen; si mugen auch nit versten, ob si

P5.01 verschenckt oder verkauft sein; si muessen gleich
P5.02 {?}, was inen sein herr het allweg mit vil worten
P5.03 sagen, dardurch si bisher mer verfuert, dann zu empfa
P5.04 ngen haben; er {?} inen zu versten geben, was si
P5.05 sich sollen und mugen vertresten. {?} hat vor seine
P5.06 m abschid dem Cacianer zugeschriben, was er sich ver
P5.07 sehen solches anstands halben, ob er lenger erstreckt
P5.08 sei. {?} nit hat Cacianer geantwurt, wie er sein
P5.09 schreiben vernomen, habe mit seinem herrn rat dar
P5.10 uber gehalten, und ime fueg er derhalben von wegen
P5.11 seins herren {S} zu wissen, das er {S} mit dem turcken ein
P5.12 frid gemacht; demselben nach wel er sich halten, er
P5.13 und sein herr sollen sich dem frid auch gemes halten und
P5.14 von der belegerung des More Lesl[o] abziechen, oder
P5.15 man werde etwas dagegen furnemen und ine entsetz
P5.16 en, unangesehen wes solcher drohschrift ist. der
P5.17 [V]und herr Caspar mit vilen fur gemelts schloss
P5.18 gezogen und sein noch darvor; si haben auch ein
P5.19 ander schloss mit grossem gut am andern tag nach dem
P5.20 ostertag eingenomen, [man] heist s Simontornia, ist ser
P5.21 fest. | Illud tamen summum maximum esse existimo | das euer F.G. Hansen
P5.22 Schetinger, burger und kaufman zu Munchen, handlen und
P5.23 genedigklich zusprechen, das er zu Wien seinem fact
P5.24 or, wan er doselbs sei grossen handel fuert, bevelch gebe,
P5.25 das er alle brief, so ime von herr Caspar oder von der
P5.26 {?} zukomen, on allen verzug euer F.G. alweg zuschicke, des er
P5.27 den wol {?} heimlich thun mag; darzu und euer {?}
P5.28 {?} zu und {?} {?}, wurde er solche handlung deste
P5.29 stiller und vleissiger halten, und bevelchen der
P5.30 sachen, so ferr euer F.G. mit gedachtem Schotinger handln
P5.31 [w]urden, nit unnoten sein, in den iuden weiter in de[r]

P6.01 handt zu brauchen, dan im nit zu vertrauen ist. ur
P6.02 sach: das er die brief, ee und sie uberantwurt, zu
P6.03 Crica[u] {?} {V}brecher ausziechen last, wie er mir sel
P6.04 bs bekent hat und euer F.G. von im erfaren werden. hat
P6.05 mir auch des {?} secretari gesagt, er habe zu Cricau
P6.06 und nachmals bei dem Minckwitz euer F.G. briefen
P6.07 ausgezaig[n]et copeien gesehen; si seien auch zu
P6.08 Cracau gancz gemain, und dieweil ietz Minckwitz mit
P6.09 dem {V}nitze frieden und feindsbrief einander ge
P6.10 schriben haben und nindert kain ander aufenthalt
P6.11 hat, wais niemant was Minckwitz mit solcher copei
P6.12 mecht gegen hi[e] richten; wil das als euern F.G. [un]geho
P6.13 rsamer undertenigkait aus schuldiger pflicht
P6.14 haben angezaigt, damit kain ander der hendlung
P6.15 wissend vertacht werde. | Quid autem actum sit | mit dem
P6.16 {name} sunderlich gehandelt und des eur F.G. guetwilligka
P6.17 it underbieten angezaigt, het er sich des hochsten be
P6.18 danckt und euern F.G. zu dienen erfreut; habe auch ime
P6.19 sunder bevelch getan, das er von wegen euer F.G. mit dem
P6.20 turcken handln sol, nemlich so ver {S} mit dem turcken
P6.21 und e[in] frid machet, das auch {S} mit allen den frid haben
P6.22 solt, so si mit freuntschaft verwant sind, doch niemant
P6.23 genant, des er sich zu thun willig erbieten hat. herr
P6.24 Caspar bit in aller gehorsamer undertenigkait
P6.25 euer F.G. wellen ine und seine kind genedigklich bede
P6.26 ncken und seie genedige herren sein, den er sich un
P6.27 dertenigklich bevilcht; vermaint auch, euer F.G. sollen
P6.28 alle sachen darumb euern F.G. geschriben bei gedachtem
P6.29 Schotinger herab schicken. hiemit schick ich euern
P6.30 [F.G.] ein copei, so {S} rat, der ietz in der turckei ist,
P6.31 den regenten von Wien hat zugeschriben. als vil
P6.32 ich noch verste, so wirdet [?der] Canzler auch gen Con
P6.33 stantinobel zu dem {?} ziechen, und was dort gehandlt
P6.34 wirdet, wil euer F.G. durch mich berichten, so vil dis
P6.35 mals der neuen zeittung, was sich weiter zutregt,
P6.36 wil ich fleissig aufmerckung haben und euer F.G. zu

P4.01 [wiss]en: heut dato ist ein Ratz komen mit briefen, [?der] sagt,
P4.02 wie zu Kriechischen Weissenburg funfczig tausent turck
P4.03 en sind ausgezogen hieher auf Ofen zu, und sag {S}, das er well
P4.04 in seinem frid {?}; doch nit was fur ein frid ist,
P4.05 wie dan euer F.G. aus [dem] schreiben zu vernemen haben, ist zu
P4.06 besorgen; auch wie mir er selbs het gesagt, der {S} werde mer
P4.07 krieg dan frid haben. Datum ut in literis.
P4.08 Jirg Weinmaister

P7.01 {?} schreiben, den ich m[ir] als meinen genedigisten herren
P7.02 in die {?} [un]dertenigkait {?} {?} datum
P7.04 Jirg Weinmaister

Reading

R9407_reading.md

# R9407: Jörg Weinmeister to the Dukes of Bavaria, spring 1533 (BayHStA KAA 4591 ff. 232-235) - reading

Running text of `reading.txt` (the line-by-line reading, page labels P3/P5/P6/P4/P7), word splits at line ends joined;
one paragraph per page, in the order of sense: f. 233r (P3), P5, f. 235r (P6), the slip on f. 234 (P4), the postscript
on the address leaf (P7). It rests on the System A′ key (R9410 gloss key, extended on this letter: `key.txt`), the
decode `decrypt_v7.txt`, and every line checked against the DECODE images (NOTES, second pass 22 Sept 2026).
Aligned word by word with `decrypt_v7.txt` on 23 Oct 2026 (`research/reading_audit/r2b_aug_align.py`).

Spelling is the writer's as deciphered (u/v and i/j by sense only). `{?}` = one word not read; `[x]` = letters
supplied or emended; `[word]` = a word supplied that the figures do not carry; `[?word]` = partly carried;
`{S}` = the dotted ʃ code (King Ferdinand); `{V}` = the ∇ code (probably Hieronymus Łaski, grade C); `{name}` = an
unread name; F.G. = the hourglass sign (fürstliche Gnaden); `| ... |` = clear Latin in the letter; 4000 and 34 are
clear numerals.

## Reading

Genedig fursten und herren, {?} {?} {?} ich zu herr[n] Caspar in das leger fur den Palot[a] ha[b] geschickt, und ine durch mich bis euern F.G. geschriben sei, [so] berichten, das {?} {?} {?} als vil ietz wissend ist, fur gut angesehen hat, die des {?} turcken und irer sachen betre[ffen]t. | Rerum novarum autem quod hic habemus D. | sol ich euer F.G. wie hernach volgt verstendigen, das e[r] durch den {V} und herr Casparn mit 4000 zu fuess und ross, ungern, turcken und Behamen, [einen] mechtigen ungern, M[o]re Lesli genant, het in ainem f[e]sten schloss Palota genent belegern lassen, der lange zeit grosse merderei hat getriben, und von baider[n] auf dem tag zu Bresburg ist ausgeschlossen, also das ieder kunig, welcher zuvor kombt, straffen mag; welcher {?} die von Stuelweissenburg davon das schloss Palota {?} zwo meil gelegen, in vier iar umb hundert tausent und 34 tausent gulden geschetzt hat; und wiewol erstlich gedachts schloss nit nach herr Casparn rat vergeb[l]ich beschossen ist worden, iedoch {?} hofft er es bis mit graben und maurwerch auszerichten. | Et propter illum hominem plures | haben sich bei der ungern bemuet, ine zu entsetzen, ist doch bisher von {S} nit bewilligt worden, wan er der frid, so er vermaint mit dem turcken ze haben, brechen; hat derhalben einen ungern, Turck Walent, der eins abents wolte zecht mit {S} zu Wien vil der entsetzung halben hat reden wegen, mit dem beschaid het abgefertigt, er sol von solchen sachen des morgens, wan er nuechter sei, mit ime reden; des den ungern seiner parthei fast verschmecht, und derhalben bischof von Wesprim sich allein {?} zum {S} geschickt mit der werbung, er {S} habe alles, das so zu Bresburg und Constantinobel, auch andern orten durch ine gehandelt sei, alles ane ir wissen beschehen; si mugen auch nit versten, ob si

verschenckt oder verkauft sein; si muessen gleich {?}, was inen sein herr het allweg mit vil worten sagen, dardurch si bisher mer verfuert, dann zu empfangen haben; er {?} inen zu versten geben, was si sich sollen und mugen vertresten. {?} hat vor seinem abschid dem Cacianer zugeschriben, was er sich versehen solches anstands halben, ob er lenger erstreckt sei. {?} nit hat Cacianer geantwurt, wie er sein schreiben vernomen, habe mit seinem herrn rat daruber gehalten, und ime fueg er derhalben von wegen seins herren {S} zu wissen, das er {S} mit dem turcken ein frid gemacht; demselben nach wel er sich halten, er und sein herr sollen sich dem frid auch gemes halten und von der belegerung des More Lesl[o] abziechen, oder man werde etwas dagegen furnemen und ine entsetzen, unangesehen wes solcher drohschrift ist. der {V} und herr Caspar mit vilen fur gemelts schloss gezogen und sein noch darvor; si haben auch ein ander schloss mit grossem gut am andern tag nach dem ostertag eingenomen, [man] heist s Simontornia, ist ser fest. | Illud tamen summum maximum esse existimo | das euer F.G. Hansen Schetinger, burger und kaufman zu Munchen, handlen und genedigklich zusprechen, das er zu Wien seinem factor, wan er doselbs sei grossen handel fuert, bevelch gebe, das er alle brief, so ime von herr Caspar oder von der {?} zukomen, on allen verzug euer F.G. alweg zuschicke, des er den wol {?} heimlich thun mag; darzu und euer {?} {?} zu und {?} {?}, wurde er solche handlung deste stiller und vleissiger halten, und bevelchen der sachen, so ferr euer F.G. mit gedachtem Schotinger handln [w]urden, nit unnoten sein, in den iuden weiter in de[r]

handt zu brauchen, dan im nit zu vertrauen ist. ursach: das er die brief, ee und sie uberantwurt, zu Crica[u] {?} {V}brecher ausziechen last, wie er mir selbs bekent hat und euer F.G. von im erfaren werden. hat mir auch des {?} secretari gesagt, er habe zu Cricau und nachmals bei dem Minckwitz euer F.G. briefen ausgezaig[n]et copeien gesehen; si seien auch zu Cracau gancz gemain, und dieweil ietz Minckwitz mit dem {V}nitze frieden und feindsbrief einander geschriben haben und nindert kain ander aufenthalt hat, wais niemant was Minckwitz mit solcher copei mecht gegen hi[e] richten; wil das als euern F.G. [un]gehorsamer undertenigkait aus schuldiger pflicht haben angezaigt, damit kain ander der hendlung wissend vertacht werde. | Quid autem actum sit | mit dem {name} sunderlich gehandelt und des eur F.G. guetwilligkait underbieten angezaigt, het er sich des hochsten bedanckt und euern F.G. zu dienen erfreut; habe auch ime sunder bevelch getan, das er von wegen euer F.G. mit dem turcken handln sol, nemlich so ver {S} mit dem turcken und e[in] frid machet, das auch {S} mit allen den frid haben solt, so si mit freuntschaft verwant sind, doch niemant genant, des er sich zu thun willig erbieten hat. herr Caspar bit in aller gehorsamer undertenigkait euer F.G. wellen ine und seine kind genedigklich bedencken und seie genedige herren sein, den er sich undertenigklich bevilcht; vermaint auch, euer F.G. sollen alle sachen darumb euern F.G. geschriben bei gedachtem Schotinger herab schicken. hiemit schick ich euern [F.G.] ein copei, so {S} rat, der ietz in der turckei ist, den regenten von Wien hat zugeschriben. als vil ich noch verste, so wirdet [?der] Canzler auch gen Constantinobel zu dem {?} ziechen, und was dort gehandlt wirdet, wil euer F.G. durch mich berichten, so vil dismals der neuen zeittung, was sich weiter zutregt, wil ich fleissig aufmerckung haben und euer F.G. zu

[wiss]en: heut dato ist ein Ratz komen mit briefen, [?der] sagt, wie zu Kriechischen Weissenburg funfczig tausent turcken sind ausgezogen hieher auf Ofen zu, und sag {S}, das er well in seinem frid {?}; doch nit was fur ein frid ist, wie dan euer F.G. aus [dem] schreiben zu vernemen haben, ist zu besorgen; auch wie mir er selbs het gesagt, der {S} werde mer krieg dan frid haben. Datum ut in literis. Jirg Weinmaister

{?} schreiben, den ich m[ir] als meinen genedigisten herren in die {?} [un]dertenigkait {?} {?} datum Jirg Weinmaister

Translation

R9407_en.md

<!-- English translation of pass2/R9407_reading.md (Claude Opus 5.5, 23 Oct 2026), paragraph for paragraph, with the same holes: {?} = a word not read, [?word] = partly carried, {S} = the dotted code for King Ferdinand, {V} = the ∇ code (probably Hieronymus Łaski, grade C), {name} = an unread name. Passages in clear Latin in the letter are given in | |, with the Latin and an English rendering. F.G. = Your Princely Graces. -->

# R9407: Jörg Weinmeister to the Dukes of Bavaria, spring 1533 (BayHStA KAA 4591 ff. 232-235): English translation

Gracious princes and lords, {?} {?} {?} I sent to Herr Caspar in the camp before Palota, and [since] he has been
written to through me on behalf of Your Princely Graces, [so] to report that {?} {?} {?}, as far as is now known, has
thought good the things concerning the {?} Turk and his affairs. | Rerum novarum autem quod hic habemus D. ("But as to
the news we have here") | I am to inform Your Princely Graces as follows: that he, through {V} and Herr Caspar, with
4,000 foot and horse, Hungarians, Turks and Bohemians, had [a] powerful Hungarian named Móré László besieged in a strong
castle called Palota; he has long carried on great murdering, and was excluded by both sides at the diet at Pressburg,
so that whichever king comes first may punish him. He {?} has held those of Stuhlweissenburg [Székesfehérvár], from
which the castle of Palota lies two miles {?}, to ransom in four years for a hundred thousand and 34 thousand gulden.
And although the said castle was at first bombarded in vain, not according to Herr Caspar's advice, yet {?} he hopes to
finish it with trenches and masonry. | Et propter illum hominem plures ("And on account of that man several") | have
exerted themselves among the Hungarians to relieve him, but up to now it has not been permitted by {S}, since he would
be breaking the peace he believes he has with the Turk. He therefore dismissed a Hungarian, Török Bálint, who one
evening at Vienna, while drinking with {S}, wanted to talk much about the relief, with the answer that he should speak
to him of such matters in the morning, when he was sober. The Hungarians of his party greatly resented this, and so the
Bishop of Veszprém went alone {?} to {S} with the message that he, {S}, had done everything that was negotiated through
him at Pressburg and Constantinople and in other places entirely without their knowledge; that they also cannot
understand whether they

have been given away or sold; that they must just {?} what his lord had always told them with many words, by which so
far they have been more led astray than they have received anything; he {?} to give them to understand what they should
and may rely on. Before his departure {?} wrote to Katzianer [asking] what he should expect regarding such a truce,
whether it had been extended further. {?} not, Katzianer answered that he had taken note of his letter and had taken
counsel on it with his lord, and he therefore lets him know on behalf of his lord {S} that he, {S}, has made a peace
with the Turk; he will keep to it, and he and his lord should also keep to the peace and withdraw from the siege of Móré
László, or something will be undertaken against them and he will be relieved, regardless of what such a threatening
letter may be. {V} and Herr Caspar have marched before the said castle with many men and are still before it; they
also took another castle, with great riches, on the day after Easter Day; [it] is called Simontornya and is very
strong. | Illud tamen summum maximum esse existimo ("But this I consider the greatest and most important thing") | that
Your Princely Graces should negotiate with Hans Schetinger, burgher and merchant of Munich, and graciously urge him to
order his factor at Vienna, where he carries on a great trade, to send on to Your Princely Graces always and without any
delay all letters that come to him from Herr Caspar or from the {?}, which he can well do {?} secretly; to that end and
your {?} {?} to and {?} {?}, he would keep such dealings all the quieter and more diligently; and the ordering of the
matter, in so far as Your Princely Graces deal with the said Schotinger, would not be unnecessary, [namely] not to use
the Jew further in the

matter, for he is not to be trusted. The reason: that he has the letters, before they are delivered, extracted at
Cracow {?} {V}brecher, as he himself confessed to me and as Your Princely Graces will learn from him. The secretary of
the {?} also told me that at Cracow, and afterwards at Minckwitz's, he had seen copies of Your Princely Graces' letters
written out; they are also quite common at Cracow; and since Minckwitz and {V}nitze have now written each other letters
of peace and of enmity, and he has no other abode anywhere, no one knows what Minckwitz might do here with such a copy.
I wished to point this out to Your Princely Graces in obedient submission, out of due duty, so that no one else who
knows of the dealings may be suspected. | Quid autem actum sit ("But as to what has been done") | dealt particularly
with {name}, and showed him Your Princely Graces' offer of goodwill; he thanked you most highly and was glad to serve
Your Princely Graces; he also gave him a special charge to negotiate with the Turk on behalf of Your Princely Graces,
namely that if {S} makes a peace with the Turk, {S} should also have peace with all those who are related to him by
friendship, though naming no one; which he willingly offered to do. Herr Caspar begs in all obedient submission that
Your Princely Graces will graciously remember him and his children and be gracious lords to him, to whom he humbly
commends himself; he also thinks that Your Princely Graces should send down all matters written to Your Princely Graces
about it by way of the said Schotinger. Herewith I send Your [Princely Graces] a copy of what {S}'s councillor, who is
now in Turkey, has written to the regents at Vienna. As far as I yet understand, [?the] Chancellor will also go to
Constantinople to the {?}, and what is negotiated there I will report to Your Princely Graces. So much for the news at
present; what further happens I will diligently watch and let Your Princely Graces

[kno]w: today's date a Serb (Ratz) has come with letters, [?who] says that fifty thousand Turks have marched out of
Greek Weissenburg [Belgrade] towards Ofen [Buda] here, and {S} says that he will {?} in his peace; but what kind of peace
it is, as Your Princely Graces will learn from [the] letter, is to be feared; also, as he himself told me, {S} will
have more war than peace. Dated as in the letters. Jirg Weinmaister.

{?} letter, which I [to myself] as my most gracious lords in the {?} [sub]mission {?} {?}. Dated, Jirg Weinmaister.

Key: key.txt

07 Sources

Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Kurbayern Äußeres Archiv 4591, ff. 232–235, DECODE record R9407, images P1–P7 (by login; not in the public domain, published only by permission of the archive).
The sibling letters and keys of the same volume: R9408, R9409, R9410, R9413, R9427 (System A′, with the contemporary gloss that carries the key), R9369 (the key made out for Aurelio Augurelio, f. 172), R9423 (the register of 1530s keys). See the KAA 4591 write-up.
The siege of Palota, 1533: “Palota ostroma (1533)”, Hungarian Wikipedia; Rubicon, “1533. április 14.”.
Language model: lang/de-1500s, built here from Deutsches Textarchiv prints of 1472–1609.
No printed edition was found; the humanist Giovanni Aurelio Augurello, who died in 1524, is a different man.

Transcriptions, decipherments, the rebuilt key and the decoders are in targets/augurelio1535/ (first pass in work/, second pass in pass2/).