Editing Dorabella Cipher (section)

{{Short description|Enciphered letter written by English composer Edward Elgar}}
[[File:Dorabella-cipher-image.png|frame|right|The Dorabella cipher]]
The '''Dorabella Cipher''' is an enciphered letter written by composer [[Edward Elgar]] to Dora Penny, which was accompanied by another dated July 14, 1897. Penny never deciphered it and its meaning remains unknown.

The cipher, consisting of 87 characters spread over 3 lines, appears to be made up from 24 symbols, each symbol consisting of 1, 2, or 3 approximate semicircles oriented in one of 8 directions (the orientation of several characters is ambiguous). A small dot appears after the fifth character on the third line.