Re: In Its Own Script (was: Workshops Review #4)

Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...> 2003.01.15. 14:11:52 -8h-kor írta:

> Similar, to be sure, since modern western letter
> forms are descended from medieval Latin letter
> forms. Big capital letter inscriptions are easy
> enough to read (though not necessarily to
> decipher!); hand written texts are very hard to
> deal with. I've seen a few metal tablets written
> in Latin (one I think was in the Prado -
> somewhere in Madrid, anyway) and I couldn't read
> it. And it wasn't due to corrosion or wear,
> either. The letters were just not familliar. So I
> think it's not too far from reality to say that
> Latin isn't taught in its own script.
AFAIK Latin had a different script in the beginning, from that our "latin" script is
only a descendant...
        B

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