Book Title: Augusti Pfeiferi D. Critica sacra : de sacri codicis partitione, editionibus variis, lingvis originalibus & illibatà puritate fontium, interpretatione Scripturae legitima, nec non ejusdem translatione in lingvas totius universi de Masora & Kabbala, Talmude deniqve & Alcorano : accessere, suisque locis inserti sunt tractatus quatuor, I. De antiquis ritibus Ebraeorum, II. De natura, usu et subsidiis linguarum orientalium omnium, III. De compendiaria ratione legendi scripta rabbinico-talmudica, IV. De accentuatione tàm prosaica quam metrica facilè discenda.

Author: Pfeiffer, August, 1640-1698

Image Title: Comparison of Hebrew Writing Systems

Description: Augustus Pfeiffer (1640-1698) made this chart, which shows a side-by-side comparison of four different versions of an alphabet including Syriac characters on the left, the Nestorian characters next, the Estrangela characters, and Duplex letters, before the Hebrew letters.

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