Estrangela script
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Estrangela script is the oldest and most classical form of the Syriac alphabet, historically used in early Christian manuscripts and inscriptions across the Syriac-speaking world.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Syriac script
→
writing system → |
| associatedWithReligion |
Christianity
→
|
| associatedWithTradition |
Syriac Christianity
→
|
| characteristic |
formal book hand
→
largely unvocalized in early usage → monumental style → |
| culturalSignificance |
classical standard of Syriac calligraphy
→
|
| hasDerivative |
East Syriac script
→
Madnhaya script → Serto script → West Syriac script → |
| hasUnicodeBlock |
Syriac
→
|
| historicalPeriod |
Late Antiquity
→
early Middle Ages → |
| orthographyFeature |
later used matres lectionis for vowels
→
originally lacked vowel letters for short vowels → |
| region |
Levant
→
Mesopotamia → Syriac-speaking world → |
| relatedTo |
Hebrew script
→
Imperial Aramaic script → Nabataean script → |
| scriptCodeISO15924 |
Syrc
→
|
| scriptFamily |
Aramaic script
→
Semitic abjad → |
| scriptType |
consonantal alphabet
→
|
| status |
historical script
→
still used liturgically → |
| subclassOf |
Syriac alphabet
→
|
| usedBy |
Church of the East
→
Maronite Church → Syriac Orthodox Church → |
| usedFor |
Biblical manuscripts
→
Christian liturgical texts → early Christian manuscripts → inscriptions → titles and headings in Syriac manuscripts → |
| usedIn |
Syriac Bible manuscripts
→
inscriptions on churches and monasteries → liturgical manuscripts → patristic texts → |
| writingDirection |
right-to-left
→
|
| writingMedium |
parchment
→
stone inscriptions → vellum → |
| writingSystemOf |
Syriac language
→
|
| writingSystemScope |
classical Syriac
→
|
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
East Syriac script
→
|
distinctFrom |
|
Syriac
→
|
writingSystemVariant |