A Cryptographic Audit of Sir Francis Bacon’s Word Cipher (1623) · References
References — One Hidden Message, Found and Solved
As cited on the page
Sources: Millett’s own account of his Detroit visits, in a later Baconiana than the April 1895 article mapped below. The exact issue and date of that account are still being pinned down — noted here rather than glossed over.
Primary sources
J. B. Millet, “Dr. Owen’s Cipher Method,” Baconiana, April 1895, pp. 92–101
The carrier article: a self-concealed statement embedded by Millett using Owen’s Word Cipher, with the answer key published later in the same volume (printed p. 172).
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J. B. Millet, account of his visits to Dr. Owen’s Detroit workshop, Baconiana (later issue; exact issue and date still to be confirmed)
February 1893, c. 1894–95 and December 1895 — including the Spanish Armada extraction Millett performed himself under Owen’s guidance, and his unsupervised examination of some 2,000 sheets of extracts.
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The First Folio, 1623 — Bodleian diplomatic TEI (F-1h4.xml)
The faithful transcription every count in the audit is taken from, spelling and typography preserved.
https://firstfolio.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/
Project documents
The Complete Method, Step by Step
The eleven-step model this page draws on, each step marked by how far it has been proven.
The Word Cipher Decoder
The live application: the method run across any of the 36 Folio plays.
https://owen-door-tracker.pages.dev
Research by Walter H. Wilkinson · New Gorhambury · gorhambury.org