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Cuneorum Clavis: The Primitive Alphabet and Language of the Ancient Ones of the Earth

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Description:Excerpt from Cuneorum Clavis, the primitive alphabet and language of the ancient ones of the earth, by means of which can be read the Cuneiform Inscriptions on the stone tablets, obelisks, cylinders, and other remains discovered in Assyria The author's preface is very long, and much of it of a purely personal character. The following extracts are all that need be quoted: "It is the object of the present work to direct the attention of the literati of England and of all who feel interested in the question - 'Which was the Primitive Alphabet of Man?' to a discovery made by the Author in the year 1848. Being an earnest student of subjects tending to illustrate or authenticate Holy Scripture, he formed an humble unit amongst the many thousands who flocked an humble unit amongst the many thousands who flocked to the British Museum to gaze upon the exhumed remains of a mighty empire, inscribed with records written in a dumb Semitic character, brought to light by Mr. Layard's excavations. It was then he perceived the striking similarity between some of the early Greek letters and the cuneiform characters as exhibited on the Assyrian marbles. He obtained permission from the Museum authorities to copy the inscriptions, with a view to their elucidation, and he then collected an alphabet of the earliest Greek, principally from an Elian bronze tablet, now under the care of Mr. Newton of the British Museum; and by comparing these with the cuneiform inscriptions, he found that all the various groups of characters, when dissected, were resolvable into the simple nineteen letters exhibited in the first column of alphabets (vide Plate I.); subsequent study and investigation have only tended to confirm this first conviction.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cuneorum Clavis: The Primitive Alphabet and Language of the Ancient Ones of the Earth. To get started finding Cuneorum Clavis: The Primitive Alphabet and Language of the Ancient Ones of the Earth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 218

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Publisher: London, Chiswick Press

Release: 1875

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Description: Excerpt from Cuneorum Clavis, the primitive alphabet and language of the ancient ones of the earth, by means of which can be read the Cuneiform Inscriptions on the stone tablets, obelisks, cylinders, and other remains discovered in Assyria The author's preface is very long, and much of it of a purely personal character. The following extracts are all that need be quoted: "It is the object of the present work to direct the attention of the literati of England and of all who feel interested in the question - 'Which was the Primitive Alphabet of Man?' to a discovery made by the Author in the year 1848. Being an earnest student of subjects tending to illustrate or authenticate Holy Scripture, he formed an humble unit amongst the many thousands who flocked an humble unit amongst the many thousands who flocked to the British Museum to gaze upon the exhumed remains of a mighty empire, inscribed with records written in a dumb Semitic character, brought to light by Mr. Layard's excavations. It was then he perceived the striking similarity between some of the early Greek letters and the cuneiform characters as exhibited on the Assyrian marbles. He obtained permission from the Museum authorities to copy the inscriptions, with a view to their elucidation, and he then collected an alphabet of the earliest Greek, principally from an Elian bronze tablet, now under the care of Mr. Newton of the British Museum; and by comparing these with the cuneiform inscriptions, he found that all the various groups of characters, when dissected, were resolvable into the simple nineteen letters exhibited in the first column of alphabets (vide Plate I.); subsequent study and investigation have only tended to confirm this first conviction.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cuneorum Clavis: The Primitive Alphabet and Language of the Ancient Ones of the Earth. To get started finding Cuneorum Clavis: The Primitive Alphabet and Language of the Ancient Ones of the Earth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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