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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes  Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 9 of 17 02 December 2010 at 6:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Wow! What a find!
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| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6123 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 10 of 17 02 December 2010 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
That's interesting--What script are they using? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| IceBoy Newbie United States Joined 5109 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes | Message 11 of 17 02 December 2010 at 6:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
Just...amazing! Thank you! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Qbe Tetraglot Senior Member United States joewright.org/var Joined 7136 days ago 289 posts - 335 votes Speaks: English*, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Japanese, German, Mandarin, Aramaic | Message 12 of 17 02 December 2010 at 6:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
It strongly resembles (to my eye) the Late Semitic script you see on charts like http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/28_chart.html and http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/6_chart.html 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6123 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 13 of 17 02 December 2010 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, I see that with ישראל (yisrael) but the shin and mem of שלומ (shalom) , and the lamed of על (al) don't look right... Edited by JW on 02 December 2010 at 7:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Qbe Tetraglot Senior Member United States joewright.org/var Joined 7136 days ago 289 posts - 335 votes Speaks: English*, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Japanese, German, Mandarin, Aramaic | Message 14 of 17 02 December 2010 at 9:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
Those were the most difficult characters, I agree. The copy (on the Nativity scene) makes them more difficult than necessary, I think. If you look at the image of the mosaic, it's a lot easier to understand: The initial shin of שלומ (shalom) doesn't look like the other because the right-hand side of the character appears damaged in the mosaic. The copyist took what he saw. The final mem of שלומ (shalom) looks more like a modern nun in the Nativity scene. However, in the mosaic the final mem clearly looks almost like a box or square, as final mem is written in modern block script. The lamedh is much easier to see if you cover up the topmost horizontal/diagonal stroke: then it looks like a modern block script lamedh (printed lamedh often has a little hook or curve at the very top). That middle lamedh is much easier to see in the mosaic. The Nativity scene reproduces it with a lot more flourish than necessary, and that made it the most difficult character to reconcile. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5557 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 15 of 17 02 December 2010 at 9:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Qbe, you're a star! :)
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| Qbe Tetraglot Senior Member United States joewright.org/var Joined 7136 days ago 289 posts - 335 votes Speaks: English*, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Japanese, German, Mandarin, Aramaic | Message 16 of 17 02 December 2010 at 9:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
Heh, not at all. I enjoy a challenge, and this is the most fun I've had all week. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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