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This description is not accurate, and it doesn't match what the Encyclopedia Iranica or any of the other articles say about it. Manichaean script is a form of Syriac script (as stated in all the articles), and was attested hundreds of years before it wound up in Sogdiana. There is an Aramaic incantation bowl from Iraq that has Manichaean script in it (mentioned in Encyclopedia Iranica), and that bowl dates from the beginning times of Manichaeism in Babylon (around 3rd century AD). A person can see just by looking at it, that Manichaean script is a form of Syriac, and has much less in common with the Pahlavi script than it does with Syriac. Jimhoward72 ( talk) 22:22, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
The article should say this, and not what it currently says. To paraphrase: Manichaean script is a version of Syriac. There was another script found at Turfan, Sogdian/Uigur, which is not "Manichaean script", and which evolved along with Pahlavi. Jimhoward72 ( talk) 18:57, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
"Persian Manichaean TTF" Maybe the article can link to a downloadable font? Link is hard to find on page, it's on bottom left, says "Download Persian Manichean". Jimhoward72 ( talk) 05:40, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
From the article:
Manichaean script is so named because Manichaean texts attribute its design to Mani himself.
What is scholarly opinion on this matter? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.61.180.106 ( talk) 12:49, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
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This description is not accurate, and it doesn't match what the Encyclopedia Iranica or any of the other articles say about it. Manichaean script is a form of Syriac script (as stated in all the articles), and was attested hundreds of years before it wound up in Sogdiana. There is an Aramaic incantation bowl from Iraq that has Manichaean script in it (mentioned in Encyclopedia Iranica), and that bowl dates from the beginning times of Manichaeism in Babylon (around 3rd century AD). A person can see just by looking at it, that Manichaean script is a form of Syriac, and has much less in common with the Pahlavi script than it does with Syriac. Jimhoward72 ( talk) 22:22, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
The article should say this, and not what it currently says. To paraphrase: Manichaean script is a version of Syriac. There was another script found at Turfan, Sogdian/Uigur, which is not "Manichaean script", and which evolved along with Pahlavi. Jimhoward72 ( talk) 18:57, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
"Persian Manichaean TTF" Maybe the article can link to a downloadable font? Link is hard to find on page, it's on bottom left, says "Download Persian Manichean". Jimhoward72 ( talk) 05:40, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
From the article:
Manichaean script is so named because Manichaean texts attribute its design to Mani himself.
What is scholarly opinion on this matter? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.61.180.106 ( talk) 12:49, 11 December 2020 (UTC)