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i 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
by harywilke 12y ago
i 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.