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Re: VMs: Unicode & Voynich...?
Hi Nick,
Back on Wilfrid's tracks?
FWIW I found this:
Historical note: a library search on the name
%%% ``Unicode'' turns up several entries that
%%% predate its use for an international computer
%%% character set standard. These include:
%%%
%%% ``Unicode'': the universal telegraphic
%%% phrase-book, London (188!
9, 1896,
1901,
%%% 1910).
%%%
%%% Unicode: three-letter difference
%%% telegraphic code, Prague, Czechoslovakia
%%% (1956, 1967).
here:
Strange that years are different. I have before me the N°31 of Wilfrid's catalogues (tx again, ajb). The one where he announces (in French) the opening of a Paris branch. Here are relevant excerpts, which remain (it seems):
-cover
Telegraphe and Cable Address: "Sessa, London,"
Code:"Unicode."
Telephone: Regent 1690.
-inner page:
Telegrams - "Sessa, London."
Telephone - 1690 Regent.
Otherwise the title of the N°31 is "An illustrated catalogue of Remarkable incunabula,etc". On rear cover is written something I found interesting: "In stock a large collection of precious Illuminated Manuscripts Xth-XVth centuries, etc (uncatalogued)".
BTW it could be interesting to know the years and months of Wilfrid's catalogues, this one is not DTD. It announces N°32 Medical and Alchemical Works (in preparation). The latter is of special interest for me (:-) ).
Jean
Nick Pelling <nickpelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
A few days ago, I examined the 1886 and 1900 editions of the Unicode
telegraphic phrase book held by the British Library. Oddly, I could not
find "Sessa" in the business index at the back of either - while "Sessito"
was the nearest matching keyword. Note: the main section is sorted
alphabetically by keyword, while the business section is sorted
alphabetically by company name.
All the same, I don't know how telegraphic names were bought, allocated,
maintained, or designated for inclusion in the Unicode phrase book. Perhaps
if other editions (held by other libraries) were consulted we might be able
to get a better understanding of what this means...
BTW, are there historians of this period of telegraphy out there?
Cheers, .....Nick
Pelling.....
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