09-01-2008, 01:02 PM
Hi Mesinik,
I've analyzed mostly image 26 (with the cross); as it seems to be a good place to start, due to the inscriptions on it. Here's what I've found out:
-The script is written Right-to-Left, which is obvious by the general directionality of the script and the margin on the right.
-It seems to have been written after that region was exposed to Islam, given the Christian, pagan and Islamic symbols used. (i.e. see the images like on p. 9a and p.26)
-I initially approached it as an Aramaic script, and determined that the script was derived from two Aramaic scripts => Palmyren and Siegel Agemen
-When I transcribed some of it, it didn't make any sense and didn't follow familiar characteristic of Aramaic or other Semitic languages.
-After find an article here => <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C4%81hm%C4%AB_script">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C4%81hm%C4%AB_script</a><!-- m --> <= I'm convinced that it is written in an ancient version of the Brahmi script. This script is adapted from the Aramaic script for use by a non-Semitic language, which also accounts for the non-Aramaic letters and morphed Aramaic letters found in the Codex.
This article confirms most of my obersvations, and a closer look at the Brahmi script shows that the script of the "Rohonc Codex" is a derivative of it.
-I found another article on someone (Mahesh Kumar Singh) who actually translated the "Rohonc Codex", and claimed that it is a regional Brahmi script that he knows and can read.
=> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Singh01_.jpg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Singh01_.jpg</a><!-- m -->
=> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohonczi_Codex">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohonczi_Codex</a><!-- m -->
-The only thing that I managed to do with this research is find the Aramaic scripts that the Brahmi script derived from, but in regards to the "Rohonc Codex", the true credit goes to "Mahesh Kumar Singh"
Regards,
keefa-morun
I've analyzed mostly image 26 (with the cross); as it seems to be a good place to start, due to the inscriptions on it. Here's what I've found out:
-The script is written Right-to-Left, which is obvious by the general directionality of the script and the margin on the right.
-It seems to have been written after that region was exposed to Islam, given the Christian, pagan and Islamic symbols used. (i.e. see the images like on p. 9a and p.26)
-I initially approached it as an Aramaic script, and determined that the script was derived from two Aramaic scripts => Palmyren and Siegel Agemen
-When I transcribed some of it, it didn't make any sense and didn't follow familiar characteristic of Aramaic or other Semitic languages.
-After find an article here => <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C4%81hm%C4%AB_script">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C4%81hm%C4%AB_script</a><!-- m --> <= I'm convinced that it is written in an ancient version of the Brahmi script. This script is adapted from the Aramaic script for use by a non-Semitic language, which also accounts for the non-Aramaic letters and morphed Aramaic letters found in the Codex.
This article confirms most of my obersvations, and a closer look at the Brahmi script shows that the script of the "Rohonc Codex" is a derivative of it.
-I found another article on someone (Mahesh Kumar Singh) who actually translated the "Rohonc Codex", and claimed that it is a regional Brahmi script that he knows and can read.
=> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Singh01_.jpg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Singh01_.jpg</a><!-- m -->
=> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohonczi_Codex">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohonczi_Codex</a><!-- m -->
-The only thing that I managed to do with this research is find the Aramaic scripts that the Brahmi script derived from, but in regards to the "Rohonc Codex", the true credit goes to "Mahesh Kumar Singh"
Regards,
keefa-morun