Hi Max,
Well....I'm not sure the guy who made that image really meant THOSE
Venets (who DID use a version of the "Old Italic" script, quite
similar to the Etruscan one, indeed). These "runes" ought to be Slavic
(which is quite doubtful, of course); the following article links to
the image mentioned:
Full: <
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venedsk%c3%a9_p%c3%adsmo >
Tiny: <
http://tinyurl.com/ydyczpa >
Notice this piece of information: "Seveřané toto písmo nazývali venda
runir." (i.e. "The Norsemen called this script venda runir")
Can anyone on the list possibly confirm or deny this? Again, thanks
for any information on this subject!
Best wishes,
Petr
2009/10/7 Max Dashu <
maxdashu@...>
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> Aren't they just the Etruscan letters borrowed from Asia Minor?
> The Venetic people probably used an alphabet similar to the Etruscans, no?
> Max
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>> I'm looking for ANY information concerning the following "runes":
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>> http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Venedic_runes.jpg
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>> The creator of the image seems to call them "Venedic" (and "Slavic"),
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>> but how on Earth has he come to this conclusion?