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Theban alphabet (reference article)

This atlas draws specific, checkable facts from a Wikipedia reference article on the Theban alphabet: the 1518 date establishing Johannes Trithemius's priority in recording it, the contested attribution to a figure called Honorius of Thebes, the alphabet's one to one correspondence with the older Latin alphabet, its absence of separate letters for J and U, and a documented modern confusion over the letter W. Wikipedia articles are collectively edited and can change, so this atlas has verified only the specific facts named above against the article as read, not the article's full current content or its underlying citations, which a reader should check independently for anything beyond those named points. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
A Wikipedia reference article, collaboratively edited and anonymously authored, cited narrowly for checkable specifics (Trithemius's 1518 priority, the contested Honorius attribution stated as the tradition's own claim, the one to one Latin correspondence, the missing J and U). That is the tier-3 use, the tradition's or subject's own account cited as its own claim, not independent evidence; a general encyclopedia entry is not a reputable curated secondary source in the tier-2 sense.
Notes
Used for the 1518 Trithemius priority, the contested Honorius of Thebes ascription, the one-to-one correspondence with the old Latin alphabet, the absence of J and U, and the confusion over W.
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Wikipedia contributors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theban_alphabet
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reference
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Thebes, Cities

This source names Thebes directly: "to a figure called Honorius of Thebes, the alphabet's one to one correspondence with the older Latin alphabet, its absence of separate letters for J and U, and a documented modern confusion over the..."

Source Theban alphabet (reference article)Wikipedia contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (485 claims)

This source backs 485 claims across the atlas. As facts: 262 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 139 connected. Plus 82 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Open Questions, 371 claims: 203 well-attested, 139 connected, 29 general references.
  • Alphabet Letters, 104 claims: 52 well-attested, 52 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Scripts & Magical Alphabets, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.

Well-attested

262

Alphabet Letters

Theban A ATheban B BTheban C CTheban D DTheban E ETheban F FTheban G GTheban H HTheban I ITheban J JTheban K KTheban L LTheban M MTheban N NTheban O OTheban P PTheban Q QTheban R RTheban STheban T TTheban U UTheban V VTheban W WTheban X XTheban Y YTheban Z Z

Open Questions

Where does the Theban sign for A come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for B come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for C come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for D come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for E come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for F come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for G come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for H come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for I come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for J come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for K come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for L come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for M come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for N come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for O come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for P come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for Q come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for R come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for S come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for T come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for U come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for V come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for W come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for X come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?

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Holds

2

Scripts & Magical Alphabets

Theban

Sources

Theban alphabet (reference article)

Connected

139

Open Questions

Where does the Theban sign for A come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for B come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for C come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for D come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for E come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for F come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for G come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for H come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for I come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for J come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for K come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for L come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for M come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for N come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for O come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for P come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for Q come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for R come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for S come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for T come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for U come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for V come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for W come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for X come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for Y come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for Z come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Which of the circulating Theban forms for W, if any, is the one Trithemius actually printed in 1518?Who first printed a Theban sign for J distinct from the sign for I, and where did that form come from?Who first printed a Theban sign for U distinct from the sign for V, and where did that form come from?

General References

82

Open Questions

Where does the Theban sign for Y come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Where does the Theban sign for Z come from, and does Trithemius's ascription of the script to Honorius of Thebes rest on anything but his own word?Which of the circulating Theban forms for W, if any, is the one Trithemius actually printed in 1518?Who first printed a Theban sign for J distinct from the sign for I, and where did that form come from?Who first printed a Theban sign for U distinct from the sign for V, and where did that form come from?

Scripts & Magical Alphabets

Theban

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