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A (heavily modified) form of Tironian shorthand? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notae
by auton1 12y ago
A (heavily modified) form of Tironian shorthand?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notae
- LunaSea 12y agoI definitely think that you are on the right track! (Read my other comment.)
- harywilke 12y agoi love the fact that the first century BCE Tironian et still shows up in irish gaelic signs today. [1] the shady characters blog has a great write up on Cicero and his scribe Tiro [2] [1] http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/the-ampersand-part-2-of-2/ http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/the-ampersand-part-... [2] http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/the-ampersand-part-1-of-2/ http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/the-ampersand-part-...
- pcrh 12y agoInteresting! In the first page linked, the tironian ⁊ on the page from the Belgian Bible looks like it could have been the precursor for the "+" sign.
- pcrh 12y agoPerhaps the marginalia in French are written in the Roman alphabet, and the other script is Latin written in the Tironian alphabet?