Re: VMs: michiton oladabas explained

[Marcin Ciura <ciura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Philip Neal wrote:
> 1. Czech of the relevant period was not written with accents:
> see
> http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/ljs/PageLevel/index.cfm?ManID=ljs382&Page=52

As far as I know, your opinion is untrue. The manuscript you show
is indeed written without accents, and many others can be.
But as early as in 1410, Jan Hus published "De Orthographia Bohemica",
where he introduced "puncti longi" - accents above "a,e,i,o,u,y",
used in writing Czech until today. Apparently his orthography gained
popularity gradually, but you must admit it in any post-1410 text:

http://lide.uhk.cz/home/pdf/student/pskrecl1/www/
  V%C3%BDvoj%20%C4%8Desk%C3%A9ho%20grafick%C3%A9ho%20syst%C3%A9mu.htm

I repeat, however, that I would like this issue
to be examined by bona fide experts of Old Czech,
not self-taught polyglots like me.

Regards,
  Marcin

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