muspeccoll:One of the final items in our recent language display is this volume by Robert Gilmor tha
muspeccoll:One of the final items in our recent language display is this volume by Robert Gilmor that compiles writing specimens and alphabets of over 50 of the world’s written languages. Many of the writing samples are translations of the Lord’s Prayer, as in the photo above, where the Lord’s Prayer is translated into Ethiopic. Other languages include Georgian, Egyptian, Gothic, Dalmatian, Tibetan, and Welsh runes.Gilmor, Robert, 1774-1848.Specimens of some of the written languages of the world. [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1899].MU Ellis Special Collections Rare P213 .G556 1800z - Amy S. -- source link
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