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Isegrim Really Works -- Update and Encore

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JRoME:
This is great!  Thanks for sharing your expertise.  I have been experimenting with it and  can see how helpful this can be.

Is there a list of all of the characters and their corresponding Roman text?  I see that you listed a few such as P' = Chi.  I am looking for  :reversedN: and  :Greek_Pi: at the moment.  I read your post several times and did not see a reference to a full table of characters but I apologize if I missed it.

archivum:
Hi and thanks for your comments (by the way, C' = Chi!); for all other Greek characters besides :Greek_Theta_2:, :Greek_Upsilon:, :Greek_Phi:, :Greek_Chi:, and :Greek_Psi: the transliterations of obverse and reverse legends in Isegrim are traditional and fairly predictable, based on either the look (:Greek_Eta: = H,  :Greek_omega_small: = W) or the sound (:Greek_Xi: = X, :Greek_Pi_3: = P, :Greek_Rho: = R).  Take for instance the full name of Severus Alexander rendered as a Greek legend = :GreeK_Sigma::Greek_epsilon::Greek_Upsilon_2::Greek_Eta::Greek_Rho::Greek_Omicron::GreeK_Sigma: :Greek_Alpha::Greek_Lambda::Greek_epsilon::Greek_Xi::Greek_Alpha::Greek_Nu::Greek_Delta::Greek_Rho::Greek_Omicron::GreeK_Sigma:; this long-form obverse legend corresponds to the Isegrim entry VS: SEYHROS ALEXANDROS, though of course other less complete search-strings with wildcard-extenders (.*) will lead you to that legend along with many variant or shorter ones.  It should be noted that Greek script includes multiple forms for a few of the letters, so that  :Greek_Theta: and :Greek_Theta_2: are both Theta (= T' in Isegrim),  :GreeK_Sigma: and  :C: are both Sigma (= S in Isegrim),  :Greek_Upsilon: and  :Greek_Upsilon_2: are both Upsilon (= Y in Isegrim), and  :Greek_Omega: and  :Greek_omega_small: are both Omega (= W in Isegrim).

Ryan C:
It's all Greek to me.

archivum:
Isegrim does comprise its own language,  an odd one at that, but complete with the world's most adaptable phrasebook, summed up in Note ** of my opening message:

"**The Easiest Way To Get Started With Isegrim Searches** is to cut-and-paste one of the search-strings (in bold) I include in this thread, starting vs, rt, or vt; once you get any relevant entries at all, you can fine-tune your search [substitute your own inputs] along lines I explore in the demos."

-- That really should do it!

archivum:
Thanks to newly-launched Digital Library Numis I have just learned that archive.org now boasts a downloadable and word-searchable digitized version of Leo Anson's odd but opulent coin-type archive with full guides and plates, the Numismata graeca: Greek coin-types, classified for immediate identification, pub. ca. 1910:

Part I Industry [Vessels, Tools, Furniture] -- Introduction [word-search "Introduction"] Guide to Plates 153 Plates 159
http://www.archive.org/details/p1numismatagraec00ansouoft

Part II War -- Guide to Plates 123 Plates 131
http://www.archive.org/details/p2numismatagraec00ansouoft

Part III Agricultural [Botanical] -- Guide to Plates 163 Plates 171
http://www.archive.org/details/p3numismatagraec00ansouoft

Part IV Religion -- Guide to Plates 111 Plates 118
http://www.archive.org/details/p4numismatagraec00ansouoft

Part V Architecture / Naval and Marine -- Guide to Plates 157 Plates 167
http://www.archive.org/details/p5numismatagraec00ansouoft

Part VI Science and the Arts -- Multilingual Numismatic Dictionary 119 Guide to Plates 149 Plates 155 General Guide-Index 203
http://www.archive.org/details/p6numismatagraec00ansouoft

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