Last time we whizzed through examples of #Latin #writing. We’re going to put more attention on that here. #Roman #Capitals and Roman #Cursives. (More info in alt text) Learn more here: tinyurl.com/397vfx7n #writingscripts #linguistics #history #epigraphy #paleography #matuww

'T'(ranseundum) BnF MS Latin 1618; Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita, interprete Johanne Scoto Erigena, cum commentario s. Maximi; 12th century; Saint-Émilion, diocese of Bordeaux?; f.13v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Here are #portraits of #Scythian #Proto-Rovash #script users by @veliteaquila.bsky.social Learn more about the Proto-Rovash script here: matuww.com/script_info/Proto-Rovash.html #historicalart

Here are #portraits of #Roman #Latin #script users by @veliteaquila.bsky.social Learn more about the Latin script here: matuww.com/script_info/Latin.html #historicalart

We have made an effort to proudly let you know that #matuww is #donebyhumans. #noai

Here is a #portrait of an #Oscan #script user by @veliteaquila.bsky.social Learn more about the Oscan script here: matuww.com/script_info/Oscan.html #historicalart

Many thanks to Dragos, who recorded himself reciting the first 3 stanzas from #Luceafărul by #Eminescu in #Romanian! Very grateful to him for putting his voice behind the writing script. Listen here and learn more about the #Latin script: www.matuww.com/script_info/... #writingscripts #language

Already certified: Matuww www.matuww.com #noai #ai #ailabel #donebyhumans

Here is a #portrait of a #Lydian #script user by @veliteaquila.bsky.social Learn more about the Lydian script here: matuww.com/script_info/Lydian.html #historicalart

Latest #collab portrait with @claudillustrates.bsky.social (who drew the portrait) and Jeremy (background) for #Byzantine #Greeks Learn more about the #writing #script they used: www.matuww.com/script_info/... #art #historicalart #commissionart

Here are #portraits of #Lycian #script users by @veliteaquila.bsky.social Learn more about the Lycian script here: www.matuww.com/script_info/... #historicalart

Here are #portraits of #Gallic speakers by @veliteaquila.bsky.social They used the #Etruscan, #Latin, and #Greek scripts. Learn more about these scripts here: tinyurl.com/4j38tsve tinyurl.com/2vk5xv52 tinyurl.com/234rxaer #historicalart

Extremely grateful for @veliteaquila.bsky.social allowing their #art to be included in #matuww We felt the last post didn't do enough justice in showing the knowledge and meticulousness behind the research. So we'd showcase their work in matuww here: #Roman #Etruscan #historicalart

Just when we thought we hit a dead end, this direction is going to be revived (partially). The consensus agrees that letters of the #Armenian #alphabet is derived from #cursive #majuscule #Greek letters. Will take a deeper dive and see where this goes. Read more here: tinyurl.com/bd68yz9k

Hello. Here’s a hare on a Greek coin found in Sicily. It’s an absolute gem. The moulding of the face, whiskers and inner ears are breathtaking for something so small. 🏛️ Mandralisca museum, Céfalu 📷 mine #AncientBlueSky 🏺

Many thanks to @veliteaquila.bsky.social for contributing #art to bring faces to those behind the stylus. Check them out on: artistree.io/veliteaquila

1/9 The #Latin script was descended from #Etruscan. Initially used by the #Romans to write Latin, it spread worldwide to write a myriad of modern #langauges. The initial #alphabet did not contain: G J U W Y Z Full page: tinyurl.com/397vfx7n #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#writingscripts #memes #linguistics

Many thanks to Dimitris, who recorded himself reciting the first 5 stanzas of "The Iliad" in #Ancient #Greek! Very grateful to him for putting him voice behind the writing script. Listen here and learn more about Archaic Greek scripts: tinyurl.com/yxxddcnh #writingscripts #language

New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww! Many thanks to Daria for depicting #Ukrainians, who are #Cyrillic script users! Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here: tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3 Check out Daria here: tinyurl.com/4jkaua3h

Did Viking Age rune-carvers have distinct 'handwriting'? #NationalHandwritingDay ✍️ Experienced rune-carvers had their own styles and techniques, allowing researchers to pinpoint runestones to the specific carvers who made them using 3D-scanning. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in 30 BC the Caesarion Stela was written. The inscription details a contract agreement between linen manufacturers and a guild of embalmers, concerning the cult of the Apis Bull. #Egypt #History 🏺 Image: British Museum (EA1325). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 379 Theodosius was elevated to the rank of 'Augustus' with the approval of Gratian, taking responsibility for the Eastern Empire. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC IX Constantinople 71A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18268558). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

Stone artefact from pre-Islamic Tell Abraq (United Arab Emirates) with an Aramaic inscription #EpigraphyTuesday Aramaic was spoken in the Characene Kingdom (modern Iraq), indicating commercial connections across the Gulf. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

#Umbrian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Umbrian #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily. Full page: tinyurl.com/2hnscu63 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

One favourite among runologists is this inscription with ciphered runes mentioning a carver “most rune-skilled west of the sea” kulturarvsdata.se/uu/srdb/9cfa...

Oh! There's a bilinear half-uncial-shaped g in the Book of Durrow! (TCD, MS 57, fol. 86r)

Initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51: 'Quid gloriaris in malitia qui potens es in iniquitate?' BL Add MS 36929; The 'Psalter of Cormac'; 1275-1325 CE; Ireland; f.60r

For all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo

When I started BretPal (almost two years ago 😪), I had one very clear research goal: to establish parameters for Breton Caroline minuscule (Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85)

#Oscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in Southern #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Oscan #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily. Full page: tinyurl.com/ye267ua8 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#Camunian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Central #Alps, modern day #Italy, in 5 . BCE - 50 CE. This was used to write the #extinct Camunic #language, which is either #Tyrsenian or #Celtic. Full page: tinyurl.com/mvvrkrn9 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#Rhaetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Eastern #Alps in 5-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Rhaetic #language, which is #Tyrsenian and is related to Etruscan. Full page: tinyurl.com/2dx2sph5 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

South #Picene is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in east central #Italy, in 6-3 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct South Picene #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily. Full page: tinyurl.com/bdund5zx #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#Venetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in North-eastern #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Venetic #language, which is likely either #Italic or #Celtic. Full page: tinyurl.com/mpz5td2v #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#Lepontic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Southern #Alps, modern day #Switzerland and #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic. Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#Faliscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy in 7-2 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Faliscan #language, which is closely related to #Latin. Full page: tinyurl.com/2yerpar5 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#Etruscan was written in central #Italy in 8 - 1 c BCE. The #alphabet was adopted from the #Euboean variant of Archaic #Greek, which was used by Greeks in #Cumae Etruscan developed into multiple Old Italic scripts. Full page: tinyurl.com/4j38tsve #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

Not #matuww related but something I did for fun when I was a #medical #student: Made handouts to teach how to take a #history from a patient in Middle #Ancient #Egyptian for my med school's #language and #culture soc Likely not 100% correct but that's the best I could do from J P Allen's textbook!

The Divine Egypt exhibition at the Met in NYC is filled with a beautiful mix of social zooarchaeological wonders. Dozens of different animal deities giving up just a little of their meaning. This is a falcon-headed Horus sharing a throne with King Haremhab from about 1300 BCE. 🏺

Labour strikes aren’t new! The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago! The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC! Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me #Archaeology

Imagine reading text with no spaces, no punctuation, and all caps!  That was ancient Greek scriptio continua (‘continuous script’). Words weren’t visually separated because reading was mostly aloud. Spaces appeared by the 8th–9th century. #linguistics #greek #reading

Another sneak peek of what's next on #matuww! Old #Italic #writing scripts. We're going to cover #Etruscan and scripts derived from it. There's a lot to go through and eventually #Latin - which we are all so familiar with. Stay tuned. #maps #history #linguistics

A new update on the #Greek script page: We decided to support Juan-José Marcos, who we relied on his work on the #evolution of the Greek script, by registering and including his Greek #Paleography #fonts on the page! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/3rp2r49p #writingscripts #language #educational

#Carian #alphabets were written in #Anatolia and #Egypt in 7 - 3 c. BCE. These were also derived from Archaic #Greek. Carian is notable to have symbols that do not quite correlate with its Greek counterparts. Full page: tinyurl.com/4cbmywwv #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

Many thanks to my friend Evdoxia, who recorded herself reciting the first two stanzas of "Hymn to Liberty" in #Greek! Very grateful to her for putting her voice behind the writing script. Listen here and learn more about the Greek script: tinyurl.com/3rp2r49p #writingscripts #language

#Help needed! #Greek and #Russian speakers - if you would like to contribute a #voice sample to the project, please PM! #languages #matuww

#Messapic was used in the Salentine Peninsula #Italy in the 6 - 2 c. BCE to write the Messapic #language, possibly related to #Albanian. This #alphabet was also derived from western Archaic #Greek alphabets. Full page: tinyurl.com/u8ymzzkb #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#Lydian was used in western #Anatolia in the 8 - 2 c. BCE to write the Lycian #language. This #alphabet was also derived from Archaic #Greek, from the western epichoric group. Full page: tinyurl.com/umr94pb5 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww

#Lycian was used in southern #Anatolia in the 5 c. BCE - 14 c. CE to write the Lycian #language. This #alphabet was derived from Archaic #Greek, more specifically the western #Doric variety. Full page: tinyurl.com/mr2srb92 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww