A handbook of Ethiopian magic incantations and talisman art

http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2017/12/a-handbook-of-ethiopian-magic-incantations-and-talisman-art-.html

by benbreen • 9 years ago

63 12 9 years ago

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benmcnelly• 9 years ago

Alright, I fed this into our machine learning engine, now what?

bencollier49• 9 years ago

1. Custom entities

2. Blockchain / Ethereum genetic seed

3....

4. Become richer than Croesus?

crb3• 9 years ago

Post the results on http://ww.gredforge.net?

mmjaa2• 9 years ago

Į͕̪͚͈̮̘̗̘̲̭̗̙̍̈́ͮ̓̇͋̋͆ͫ͟͟ ̷̴̢͈̣̰̪̝̱̥̝̝̝̙͚̠͇͚͓͖̩͈̌͛̾̄ͦͫ̚̚͝w̸̧̛͙̜̟̘̯̰̖̜̺̙̭͕͍͍̾͋̈́͆ͭ͆̒̉ͪͧ̂̓ͣ͌ͣ̌̉͡ā̴̯͉̦̳̯̲̗̘̙̱̱̫̻̹ͧ͋̒̓ͯͭͧ͟ǹ̵̢̳̤͖͖͓͙̉̅̏̇̎͌̿ͧ̀ͮ̈ͨͬ̚͘ͅń͖̹͈̱̹͉̳̖̠̯̦̬̋̽̈́̒ͤ͆ͩ̂̆̊͊ͬ̀́ͅȃ̜̣̪̠̠̜̼̬̫̘͇͉̌͗͛ͨ̓̐̀ͤ̀͘͞ ̵͆̊ͮ̔̆̀̀ͥͪ͡͏͍̠̺̯̠̪̗̱͕̱͉̟̦̯͙̫̲ͅṗ̞̼̺̘̤͔̄̑̽ͣ͂͐͒̐̂̈́͡l͚̬̣̼̬̪̲͚͉̣̪̣̭̞͓ͨͣ̓̒̍ͣ̃̀̕͜͜ͅu̜̭̦͗͊ͥ͑͛̈̊̑̍̐ͮ̆͊̄ͮ͊̐̅̊̀͞ͅg̜̙͙̹̫̞͉̤͚͎̤̟̞̙̀̋̓̈́́̆̒́͡͞ ͮ̓̊ͫ̂ͥ̉ͧ͊ͫ̊ͭ͑̎ͧ͞͏͏̸̡͙̲̲̟̙̪̰͓ͅm̷̸̖͉̞̖̬̳͓̱̱ͧͣ̍̎͊ͨ̋̾̓̔̃̋ͦͮ͋̔̑ͣ̚͢͠ý̶̧̭̻̪͈͍̜̣̝ͯͭ͒̆͒͒̏ͤ̉ͭ̐̑ͬ͘͟ ̷̨̛ͨ̃̓ͮ͌͌̋̚͞҉̟̠͍͎͔̰̺̪̜̦̜Ż̯̳̦͈͎̮͎̳͇̗͍͎̥ͮͮ͗̋ͦ͛̈́̌͘͘͘͜͝a̽́͒̊̏ͪ͒̓̂̾͌̎́҉̨̣̫͎̠̬͓̪͔̙̪̜̻̣͟l̛͍̲̘̻̦͗ͥ̒̒̑̃̈́͆͂͗̃̎ͥͭ̌̅ͨ̀̕ͅg̵͍̗̥̰̹̤̻͇̙̲̝̲̰͈͙̻̯͇ͯ̋ͬ̓ͤ͆̊ͪ́̅̆͡ô̶͖̹̘̮͇͈̯̺̠̓̋͐ͤ̂̎͆̾ͤ̊̿̌́͛́ͫ̆͘͘͢͝ ̧̧̳̤̬̗̙͖̫̣̝̱̯̬̪̱̫̱̬̍͑ͫ̾͒ͩ̀ͪͦ̍̓ͨ̇͌̽͊̚i̓͂̔͌ͬ̉̓̾͏̲̜̪̣̼̯͖͔͜ͅn̵͉̳̰̙͎̓ͯ̓ͬ͊ͩ̓̓̑ͦ̔ͦͣͤ̍͋͆ͮ͂͝͠ţ̸̮͖̳̘͈̝ͥͨ͂͆̽ͪ͊ͥ̏͒̌ͭ̒͛̅̚ͅǒ͕̲̱̱̺͍̳̖̰̮̝̤̩̥̜̪̏̃̄ͯͥ͌͌͋̽̎ͦ́̕͘͢͝ͅ ͓̻̝̳͇̫̣̆ͧ͋̋̿͑͂̋̆ͮ̅̍͢͢ͅt̡̛̳̜̰̤̗̬̪͔͖̞͔̞͖̮̰̊̉ͤ̓͆̍̍͜͜͠h̵̴͆͆ͯ̂̄͊̏̾ͦ̃̉̒̚̚҉̙̮̬͉̞͚̣̪̥̖̦͈̰ͅï̡̻̫̥͉̖͖̜̣͇̹̗̟̥̜̱͔̃ͥ̾ͭ͒̎͗̎ͨͣͪ͑ͮ͐͆͡s̖̫͓̠̝͔̓̋͊͒̾̓ͬ̾̽ͭ͂̉ͩ̀̚͞͡ ̨̨̘̩̲̘͒̀̔ͧ̎̇̅̐ͪͣͩ͗͝͞Ǧ̵̶͋ͨͪͮ͋ͫ̒̋̽̑ͥ̏̄ͦ̉̅͏͍͎͔͚̗̜̙͎͙̬̥̦ͅê̞̟͓̜̹̭̰̤̘̹̇̓̂ͪͬ̑̃̔̓̃̇̂̐̈ͧ̒̉͢'̛̛̤̪̫̲̘̖̥̻͍̝̤͈͙̝̦̖͈̫̼́̒͒͆͐ͪ͒̕͜͞ẽ̑̆ͧ̎́͛ͥͬͫ͌͐͟͝͏̧̫͓͚̩̼͞ź̶̓͗̏ͨ̇̅̈͐͟͏̟̼̲̹͈̖̩́ ̡̰̞̞̤̝͍̖̭̤͙̗̱̣̻̮̯͍̍̎͊ͨ̈́ͧ͆̂̂̾͋͆ͣͨͣ̋͑ͩ́̚̕.̑̍ͭ̾̎̾̎͑̇҉̵̢͙̱̹͍̪͎͇͡͡.̓ͩ͂̕̕͜͜҉͚͈̰̹̻̩̻̗̪̤̮̺ͅ

tuomosipola• 9 years ago

I love how they publish those figures under public domain, and the CC-BY of the text is not bad either.

soneca• 9 years ago

Just in case anyone else also enjoyed that nice Ethiopian Magical Emoji there: https://imgur.com/a/JnlH6

sebleon• 9 years ago

Ha, I took the same screenshot

Isamu• 9 years ago

Learned something today: these are written in Ge'ez, a dead Ethiopic language, the pronunciation of which is therefore not completely known.

Fun fact: this Ge'ez script is included in the Unicode standard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge%27ez_script

rhythmvs2• 9 years ago

With over 600 “fidäls” (graphemes) a fascinating syllabary for sure! While today the Ge’ez language indeed is used in liturgy only, the script is still used by dozens of East-African languages (with up to about 60 million potential users). Astonishingly, there is only a handful of digital fonts available. More interestingly, typesetting classical Ge’ez poses challenges which are not easily solved by current software.

I have attempted a modern type design based on the earliest printed Ge’ez and hacked together custom line-breaking to typeset a piece of the Ge’ez bible (which to-date does not exist in electronic plain text).

http://dodecaglotta.com/figures/Ethiopic-incunabula-3000px.p...

mmjaa2• 9 years ago

Brilliant work, this is one of those things that is going to give me hours of entertainment .. off I go to learn Ge'ez ..

gumby• 9 years ago

More interestingly, typesetting classical Ge’ez poses challenges which are not easily solved by current software.

Quite interesting! Could you give some examples/pointers? I did a bit of sleuthery but as I don't understand Ge'ez, reading (for example) the Uicode Consortium proposal on typesetting Ge'ez didn't highlight what is different, merely what needs to happen. Which is of course quite appropriate for a technical memo but didn't help me find out what I was looking for.

A handbook of Ethiopian magic incantations and talisman art

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