[INDOLOGY] Strange script

Birgit Kellner birgit.kellner at oeaw.ac.at
Wed Jul 15 06:10:18 UTC 2020


Thank you, this is very helpful. 

With best regards, 

Birgit Kellner

Am Dienstag, den 14.07.2020, 18:21 +0200 schrieb Christophe Vielle:
> Following my learned colleague Herman Seldeslachts, this is Tironian
> notes
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes
> https://archive.org/details/introductionala00chatgoog
> 
> 
> > Le 14 juil. 2020 à 16:38, Birgit Kellner via INDOLOGY <
> > indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :
> > 
> > Dear colleagues, 
> > 
> > a colleague from the Academy sent me the attached image with a
> > script
> > they can't identify. This is a page from a 17th century marriage
> > register from  the western parts of today's Austria. The Latin text
> > on
> > the page refers to a classical bible passage for the instruction of
> > married couples (Ephesians 5:29). The mysterious script is not
> > Semitic
> > or Slawic, not Georgian or Armenian, not Coptic or some ancient
> > derivative of the Greek alphabet. 
> > 
> > Does anyone have an idea? I suppose it's not exactly the right
> > question
> > for Indologists, but given the wide range of expertise among the
> > subscribers to this list, I'd thought I'd give it a try. 
> > 
> > Many thanks in advance, and best regards, 
> > 
> > Birgit Kellner
> > 
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