HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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Mirror writing
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Cuneiform
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Phoenician
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Greek
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Detailed explanation-1: -The manuscript is written in Italian, in Leonardo’s characteristic ‘mirror writing’, left-handed and moving from right to left.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mirror writing is an unusual script, in which the writing runs in the opposite direction to normal, with individual letters reversed, so that it is most easily read using a mirror.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is sometimes used as an extremely primitive form of cipher. A common modern usage of mirror writing can be found on the front of ambulances, where the word “AMBULANCE” is often written in very large mirrored text, so that drivers see the word the right way around in their rear-view mirror.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mirror Writing Examples One of the most common letter reversals in children is ‘b’ and ‘d’. Since the letters are so similar, when a child means to write ‘b’, they may write ‘d’ instead, and vice versa. Confusing ‘p’ and ‘q’ is also common, as well as ‘m’ and ‘n’ or ‘m’ and ‘w’ when writing upside down.