Cipher or unknown language - historical perspective
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(26-10-2025, 09:37 PM)Stefan Wirtz_2 wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
(24-10-2025, 10:48 PM)Bluetoes101 wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Like here, do you see single strokes with ink that didn't take in places, or am I not following the argument correctly?

I have numbered all characters of your picture which can be done in one stroke.

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Erik Kwakkel wrote:Writing a medieval text with a quill is hard work. The pen could only make a more or less downward movement because of how the nib was cut. It meant that letters had to be broken up into multiple pen strokes.
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