09-01-2008, 09:35 AM
I see Mesnick--so you don't think I have enough expertise in Aramaic to venture an opinion? How sad. I was trying to be accomodating to you and said my expertise was not in all Greek and Slavonic tongues, but I have been reading Aramaic and Hebrew for 40 years and am telling you Rohonc is not any script I have seen, but if someone can show me how it matches something obscure that I don't see a lot (Gershoni Nabatean etc), go ahead. I was just trying to be honest, not get my strong suit questioned. I looked at these pages for a quite a long time, ventured a theory and then found others who have studied Rohonc more closely seem to agree with me, like <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/undeciphered.htm">http://www.omniglot.com/writing/undeciphered.htm</a><!-- m --> which says:
Rohonc Codex
The Rohonc Codex (Rohonci k??dex) is named after the city of Rohonc, in Western Hungary (now Rechnitz, Austria), where it was kept until 1907, when it was moved to Budapest. The origin of the codex is uncertain. In 1838 it was donated to the Hungarian Science Academy by Gusztav Batthy??ny, a Hungarian count, together with his entire library. It is written in an unknown language and script and has defied all attempts to decipher it.
Not trying to toot my own shofar here or be difficult---I just think you underestimated me unintenionally.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
Rohonc Codex
The Rohonc Codex (Rohonci k??dex) is named after the city of Rohonc, in Western Hungary (now Rechnitz, Austria), where it was kept until 1907, when it was moved to Budapest. The origin of the codex is uncertain. In 1838 it was donated to the Hungarian Science Academy by Gusztav Batthy??ny, a Hungarian count, together with his entire library. It is written in an unknown language and script and has defied all attempts to decipher it.
Not trying to toot my own shofar here or be difficult---I just think you underestimated me unintenionally.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth