VMs: RE: Re: Qusus MS...

["Graham Waddingham" <Graham.Waddingham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Its time to make my first contribution here...

I don't think the image is upside down. If you look at how the lines are
written, 
It seems very much like they were written using a ruler with a very
precise spacing 
or very carefully by hand, or lined paper of some form - how long ago
did A4 first appear ?? :) 
Crucially, the words line up on the underside rather than the top. I'd
guess that 
most languages including Javanese, are written base-aligned rather than
top-aligned.

- Graham -

PS, when I joined up, I never realised just how much diverse stuff I
could learn from you guys. Cheers.

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Morabito [mailto:sethm@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: May 01, 2003 01:38
To: vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: VMs: Re: Qusus MS...



On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 06:44 PM, Seth Morabito wrote:

> This unknown language appears to be Indonesian!  At least, the page in
> question certainly looks like the Javanese or Balinese scripts of 
> Indonesia to me, though I must add the caveat that I am not a scholar 
> of Indonesian.

Forgive me for following up to my own message, but I should add that 
the image of the "Qusus Manuscript" appears to be upside-down.  Flip it 
over, and I'm certain that the script is Javanese.

-Seth

>
> For comparison:
> 	http://www.joglosemar.co.id/hanacaraka/hanacaraka.html
> 	http://198.62.75.1/www1/pater/JPN-javanese-huruf.html
> 	http://www.omniglot.com/writing/javanese.htm
> 	http://www.omniglot.com/writing/balinese.htm

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