Extremely grateful for @veliteaquila.bsky.social allowing their #art to be included in #matuww

We felt the last post didn't do enough justice in showing the knowledge and meticulousness behind the research.

So we'd showcase their work in matuww here:
#Roman #Etruscan

#historicalart

If you are an artist and would like your work featured on #Matuww, please PM.

If you are an artist and would like your work featured on #Matuww, please PM.

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We present #portraits of #ancient #Romans who use the #Latin script.

Credits to VeliteAquila’s contributions.

#art #historicalart
#matuww

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There are several #Latin #keyboards, including the classic #QWERTY, #French #AZERTY, and alterantive #Dvorak and #Colemak.

Full page: tinyurl.com/397vfx7n
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#matuww

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We also include examples of writing in the #Latin script from the #Roman Kingdom to the #digital age.

Full page: tinyurl.com/397vfx7n
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#epigraphy
#paleography
#typography
#matuww

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The modern #Latin script can be written in #cursive and here is one of the examples to do so.

Full page: tinyurl.com/397vfx7n
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#matuww

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The many #languages that use the #Latin script are not able to represent all the sounds with 26 letters
They improvised to create new letters or make digraphs for these sounds

Can you guess what these languages are?

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#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#matuww

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#Calligraphic hands transitioned into prints in #typography.

Here is a schematic diagram on how these hands influence and develop.

See the whole thing here: tinyurl.com/397vfx7n
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#paleography
#matuww

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Throughout time, the #Latin script evolved through the hands of scribes in calligraphy, printers in printing, and typographers in modern print.

Full page: tinyurl.com/397vfx7n
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#paleography
#matuww

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The #Latin script was descended from #Etruscan.

Initially used by the #Romans to write Latin, it spread worldwide to write a myriad of modern #langauges.

The initial #alphabet did not contain: G J U W Y Z

Full page: tinyurl.com/397vfx7n
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

Support Matuww Scripts Support Matuww Scripts

If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!

It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Daria!

Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh

New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww!

Many thanks to Daria for depicting #Ukrainians, who are #Cyrillic script users!

Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3

Check out Daria here:
tinyurl.com/4jkaua3h

An example of #Umbrian writing:

#Tablet 2 of the #Iguvine Tablets. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Gubbio, #Umbria, #Italy.

For more information: tinyurl.com/45r25hw8
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

#Umbrian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Umbrian #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.

Full page: tinyurl.com/2hnscu63
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

An example of #Oscan writing:

#Bronze #tablet. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Agnone, #Molise, #Italy.
#Inscriptions concerning the dedication of statues of various #deities.

For more information: tinyurl.com/4m3s2rru
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

#Oscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in Southern #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Oscan #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.

Full page: tinyurl.com/ye267ua8
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

An example of #Camunian writing:

Loc. Zurla, roccia 22. 2 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. Capo di Ponte, #Val #Camonica, #Italy.

For more information: tinyurl.com/ya5knhs9
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

#Camunian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Central #Alps, modern day #Italy, in 5 . BCE - 50 CE.

This was used to write the #extinct Camunic #language, which is either #Tyrsenian or #Celtic.

Full page: tinyurl.com/mvvrkrn9
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

An example of #Rhaetic writing:

Bronze plaque. 6 - 5 c. BCE. #Ampass, #Tyrol, #Austria.

For more information: tinyurl.com/3thnvhp5
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

#Rhaetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Eastern #Alps in 5-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Rhaetic #language, which is #Tyrsenian and is related to Etruscan.

Full page: tinyurl.com/2dx2sph5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

An example of South #Picene writing:

#Stela of Penna Sant'Andrea. #Teramo, #Italy.

For more information: tinyurl.com/52djz5ek
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

South #Picene is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in east central #Italy, in 6-3 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct South Picene #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.

Full page: tinyurl.com/bdund5zx
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

Panel of Este. c. 6 c. BCE. Este, Veneto, Italy. Bronze tablet for teaching to read.

An example of #Venetic writing:

Panel of #Este. c. 6 c. BCE. #Veneto, #Italy.
Bronze #tablet for #teaching to #read.

For more information: tinyurl.com/2ree7smb
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

#Venetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in North-eastern #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Venetic #language, which is likely either #Italic or #Celtic.

Full page: tinyurl.com/mpz5td2v
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

Stela of Davesco. 5 c. BCE - 4 c. BCE. Davesco, Ticino, Switzerland.

An example of #Lepontic writing:

#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.

For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

#Lepontic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Southern #Alps, modern day #Switzerland and #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.

Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

Map depicting locations of Saqqara, Kaunos, Milas, and Hyllarimma. These places each have a different variant of the Carian alphabet.

Cheeky update for the #Carian page on #matuww:

I don't think it's common knowledge for the average person to know where Saqqara ( #Egypt), Kaunos, Milas, and Hyllarimma ( #Anatolia) are, so here is a #map for where these #alphabet variants come from!

An example of #Faliscan writing:

Spiral #amphora with engraved decoration and inscription in the Faliscan alphabet. 7 c. BCE. Capena, Lazio, Italy.

For more information: tinyurl.com/d24rc66p
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

#Faliscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy in 7-2 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Faliscan #language, which is closely related to #Latin.

Full page: tinyurl.com/2yerpar5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww