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Cracking Codes in Medieval Books
(
medievalbooks.nl
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36 points
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benbreen
on Feb 20, 2015
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codezero
on Feb 20, 2015
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I love when I discover stuff like this. I remember seeing a medieval bible at the Getty museum with writing in the side, at the time I thought it was Arabic because of the aesthetic. After reading this, it's very clear that the writing was Tironian.
dogpa
on Feb 21, 2015
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Reminds me of typists' shorthand.
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