Today I put the finishing touches to and uploaded my first draft notes about the long lost ishidic script. See what you think of it.
Here’s a small section of the sample text shown at the bottom of the post. Click on it to see the whole transcript.
Today I put the finishing touches to and uploaded my first draft notes about the long lost ishidic script. See what you think of it.
Here’s a small section of the sample text shown at the bottom of the post. Click on it to see the whole transcript.
November 29th, 2009 at 2:24 am
At first glance it looks like a mix of Arabic and Cree, with the artificiality and non-calligraphic nature of Cree combined with the long extenders and curves of Arabic. If you tried to write with it by hand for a long time, maybe it would become more condensed, like Pitman short-hand. Or if you wrote it with a calligraphic pen — maybe I should try that!
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Do you have a translation, or is it to be treated as a linqua-cryptographic puzzle?
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Where would the fun be in providing a translation?
Here’s a head start:
“The decipherment of a newly discovered or perennially mysterious text is the most glamorous aspect of the study of writing systems. …”