Utopian has its own 22-letter alphabet, with letters based on the shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. [2] These correspond almost exactly to the 23-letter Roman alphabet used in the 16th …

St. Thomas More (1478-1535), a lawyer, writer, scholar, statesman, diplomat, political theorist and patron of the arts invented the Utopian alphabet during the 16th century. This alphabet …

Introduction: Open Utopia; Title Page; Cast of Contributors; Map of Utopia; Utopian Alphabet; Four Verses in the Utopian Tongue; Anemolius, a Short Meter of Utopia; Gerard …

(1516–18) editions of Utopia, which More had a hand in publishing. * “Anemolius” derives from the Greek for “windy”—thus the credited author is “the windy one” in Greek. The actual author is …

Jun 23, 2012 · The alphabet is a simple geometrical cypher of Latin letters, with which More wrote his quasi-Græco-Latin language Utopian. It is quite elegant, even though the assignment of …

Mar 2, 2020 · The unique Utopian alphabet, printed opposite a map of the made-up world, was either the brainchild of More himself or of his friend Pieter Gillis, another humanist printer, who …

A 16th century page with examples of Utopian alphabet and vocabulary. The Utopian language is a language spoken on the island of Utopia located in the Americas.

Utopian alphabet from the first edition of 1516. VTOPIENSIVM ALPHABETVM. abcdefghi k Imnopqrstvxy Tetraftichon vcrnacula Vtopienfium lingua. Vtopos pea la Boccas eLOOÖB …

May 31, 2023 · Utopian has 22 letters in its alphabet with letters based on the shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. These correspond almost exactly to the 23-letter Roman alphabet with …

Jul 9, 2005 · Some alphabets were never intended for general acceptance or even any actual use, however, being merely literary appendages or embellishments. These include what …