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English: This is the earliest known (1518) version of the Theban alphabet, used since then by occultists and Wiccans. The original text from https://www.loc.gov/item/32017914/ had legibility problems: (1) bleedthrough from the other side of the page; (2) missing pieces of characters from either the age of the book or incomplete inking of the plates; (3) off-register printing of the red-ink plate, resulting in red letters going too high on the page. Editor .Raven used GIMP to clean up these problems for easier reading of the original text and characters.

Note 1: the current ‘’’File:Theban.jpg’’’ is from a 1561 French translation of the work, rendering the last letter “w” as an ampersand (&), probably because “w” was a new letter and not familiar to those creating the French edition.

Note 2: The original text is in public domain because the original author died over 400 years ago; for my own trivial contribution of clean-up, I waive copyright. — .Raven
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: clean-up of bleedthrough and off-register printing of color plate. The original can be viewed here: Theban alphabet from Polygraphia 1518.png.

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Theban alphabet from ‘’Polygraphia’’ (1518) by Johannes Trithemius, cleaned-up

6 March 2023

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current09:27, 6 March 2023Thumbnail for version as of 09:27, 6 March 20231,422 × 550 (198 KB).RavenDarken letter centers; fill in Theban “I” (the “n” shape before the “U” shape).
08:36, 6 March 2023Thumbnail for version as of 08:36, 6 March 20231,422 × 550 (195 KB).RavenMinor extension (completion) of stroke in Theban letter “v” to match other depictions
07:12, 6 March 2023Thumbnail for version as of 07:12, 6 March 20231,422 × 550 (195 KB).RavenUploaded own work with UploadWizard

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