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An aged piece of paper with several illustrations drawn on it in thick pen. It is a letter from a Spanish convent in Lisbon to one in Britain. It uses simple hand-drawn images to convey words, or part of words, in Spanish, often merely because they sound alike. For example, a picture of a wound (herida in Spanish), positioned between K and S, becomes queridas, or dear. Some of the illustrations include a pair of wings, a mother holding two children, a snake, two oars, an envelope, and music notes.

Document of the Week: Secret Codes in the Second World War Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr Charlie Hall. It forms part of a file assembled towards the end of the Second World War, recording the different codes and cyphers which British censors had encountered Read more →

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 3rd March, 2025

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