Introduction to the Digital Edition

This digital edition presents the correspondence of Filippo Cavriana, a physician, diplomat, and scholar active in the late 16th century.

115

letters catalogued1566–1574

62

transcribed so far

46,383

words of transcription

258

passages in cipher

Counted from the encoded text at every build. The word count is the transcription itself: an abbreviation counts once, by its expansion, and ciphertext and editorial matter are left out.

Letter-Writing Activity

The visualization below shows Cavriana's letter-writing activity over time, with color intensity representing the volume of text (word count) written on each day.

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Exploring the Collection

Browse through the letters chronologically or search for specific topics, people, or places mentioned in the correspondence.

The edition is published in stages. The letters counted above as transcribed are published here and shown in the heatmap; the rest will appear as their transcriptions are completed. No letters survive from 1573.

How to Cite

If you use these materials in your research, please cite the edition:

Clément Godbarge (ed.). Filippo Cavriana: The Secret Correspondence. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8224585

Each letter page also carries its own suggested citation. The DOI above is the concept DOI, which always resolves to the latest version of the edition.