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Forgotten Tongues of Renaissance Lore
A crossword exploring the obscure and vanished languages that influenced Renaissance culture and scholarship.
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Across
- 1. Scholarly language dominant before vernacular rise
- 2. Mythical tongue referenced in Renaissance alchemy
- 4. Ancient script influencing Renaissance alphabet studies
- 5. Regional tongue overshadowed by dominant Renaissance languages
- 6. Extinct Celtic language briefly revived then lost
- 7. Everyday Latin forms evolving away from classical norms
- 8. Disk with undeciphered script puzzling Renaissance scholars
- 10. Byzantine scholar who preserved Greek manuscripts
- 11. Old Slavic script studied in Renaissance linguistics
- 12. Sacred tongue rediscovered in Christian Hebraism
- 14. Ancient language revived by Renaissance humanists
Down
- 3. Pre-Roman language mysteries studied by antiquarians
- 9. Transitional English dialect gaining literary importance
- 13. Ancient Indian language rediscovered by European scholars
- 15. Language of some biblical texts during Renaissance study
- 16. Egyptian script fading after Islamic conquests
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