The mystery of Rennes le Chateau involves two coded parchments claimed to have been found by Berenger Sauniere in 1887 while restoring his church. Much controversy surrounds the discovery, as well as the meaning to the hidden messages found on the parchments. The purpose of this article is to only demonstrate one of the popular encoding methods which was employed on the small parchment of Rennes le Chateau.
The small document (shown below) references the parable of Jesus picking ears of corn on the Sabbath. It is written in Latin and combines the three versions found in Luke 6: 1-5, Matthew 12: 1-8, and Mark 2: 23-28.
One of the main anomalies noticed about the text is some letters are slightly raised from others. Together these letters in correct sequence formed a message (in French):
A Dagobert II Roi et a soon est ce tresor et il est la mort
Translated as:
To Dagobert II, King, and to Sion belongs this treasure and he is there dead.
The treasure referenced in this message remains unknown. It is a great mystery which needs solving yet today.
Nonetheless, the example above shows how a message can be given in a text by using differentiating letters.
There are numerous ways this can be done.
In Tap4Treasure’s hunt, Dispatch 1 (shown below), the M and W are noticed to be slightly skewed. This hinted to searchers MW (this website: MysteriousWritings) would be used to discover answers to clues.
And in a previous MW Treasure Hunt (section of Scroll shown below) letters are obviously of a different color. These then formed a message and offered a clue to searchers on where to find the hidden treasure.
The message found is ‘A ORIGINAL THINK’, which actually is an anagram for ‘On A Hiking Trail’. The anomaly of the A not being AN was a hint for this not being the final needed phrase.
Any anomaly of letters found within in a section of text could hide a message or word. Below is another example. Can you find the hidden word?
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
Best of luck with all that you seek! Always Treasure the Adventure!
Jenny, you have so much knowledge and wisdom! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.
Agreed. Your articles on codes demonstrate wisdom. Thanks Jenny.
Thanks Twingem and astree for being such encouragers…and a special part of MW….
Thanks, Jenny.
I enjoy visiting your site…and learn a lot of new things here that I never knew before.
I liked the hidden message in the Parables. Le Roi left many Hidden Treasures there…
http://ourdailyblossom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/100813.jpg
I liked the riddle of the “a original think” set before us as being wrong and not the end result. That’s pretty good.
Ha, feels like I’m following you around tonight, JC.
Fine by me, Bob.
Thanks for the info Jenny! The wisdom here is immeasurable. Your brain is definitely wired for coding (and code-breaking!). Maybe the government will come knocking on your day someday asking for help! Combine your talents with OH’s magic with numbers and y’all could be dangerous. 🙂
Side note, in case anyone thinks they can find that long lost treasure…the parchments are fake. That being said, they still have clever codes!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Ch%C3%A9risey
Thanks MW for the wisdom.