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Re: An interesting book.

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, April 29, 2001, 2:24
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 17:01:37 -0400 Padraic Brown
<pbrown@...> writes:
> I found a curious book online: "Ancient Alphabets and Hieroglyphic > Characters Explained". Translated in 1806 from a work purported to > be about a 1000 years older. As far as I can tell, it has nothing > to do with hieroglyphics as we know them, but rather is about > alchemical or philosophical symbols. There are loads of curious > alphabets (all duly translated into Arabic) all collated into > types (national alphabets, alphabets invented by (conlanging) > philosophers, various astrological alphabets). The book itself is > interesting in that the original Arabic text is given after the > English translation; and a table of Arabic to English letters is > given for those of us who don't know Arabic. The mystical and > philosophical stuff aside, I think it might be worth a look for > the alphabet wrights amongst us.
- The alphabets look cool, although the reproduction of Hebrew is not very good, neither the Hebrew letters themselves nor the Arabic transliterations. -Stephen (Steg) "in a place with no leaders - try and be one." ~ Hileil

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