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boustrophedon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | orthography, writing system |
| Derivation | boustrophedonic |
Examples of boustrophedon
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Rongorongo glyphs were written in reverse boustrophedon, left to right and bottom to top.
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Almost always the direction of the writing is right to left, but also boustrophedon or spiral.
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The written language of the Minbari in the television series Babylon 5 is written in boustrophedon.
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Others are left to right, right to left, and boustrophedon.
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Writing was from right to left except in archaic inscriptions, which occasionally used boustrophedon.
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Phoenician was usually written from right to left, although there are some texts written in boustrophedon.
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Authentic rongorongo texts are written in alternating directions, a system called reverse boustrophedon.
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Why not lay out the text boustrophedon if you want to inconvenience the reader or throw some avant-garde shapes?
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Early texts are written in boustrophedon style, but left-to-right became standard during the classic period.
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- An ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'
- Boustrophedon (or ; from Greek '''' "ox-turning"--that is, turning like oxen in ploughing), is a type of bi-directional text, mostly seen in ancient manuscripts and other inscriptions. ...
- An artistic presentation, either contained in a slipcase or portfolio, in which the page layout wanders like "oxen turning while plowing"; also called "snake" layout. Derived from the ancient practice of reading lines of text in alternating directions. ...
- Like a plough. A language written alternately from left to right and then from right to left (Hieroglyphic Hittite, early Greek, early Etruscan, early Latin).
- (2004 ECM) incl. Roscoe Mitchell
- A back and forth pattern.
