Codex Leningradensis. The Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, (Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин бичиг / Xäwtää Dörböljin in Mongolian) was invented in the late 17th century by Bogdo Zanabazar, a Mongolian monk and scholar, who also created the Soyombo script. The horizontal square script (Mongolian: Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин бичиг, Khevtee Dörvöljin bichig or Mongolian: Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин Үсэг, Khevtee Dörvöljin Üseg) is an abugida developed by the monk and scholar Zanabazar to write Mongolian. Pic.8. Pic.7. The script was originally called "Mongolian new letters" - 蒙古新字 (měnggǔ xīnzì) in Chinese, a name still used in Tibetan.

Late 1 st century BC. However the script is now known as dörbelǰin üsüg, square script, in Mongolian and as 八思巴字 (bāsībā zì), Phags-pa letters, in Chinese. Post-Herodian script. The Mongolian Horizontal Square Script was based on the Tibetan Only a few documents in this script survive.

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Dörböljin in Mongolian) was invented in the late 17th century by Bogdo Zanabazar, a Mongolian monk and scholar, who also created the Soyomboscript.

In English the script is referred to as the Mongolian Quadratic Script, or more commonly, the Phags-pa scipt, a name with many variant spellings. Herodian semi-formal script.

It can also be used to write Tibetan and Sanskrit.

It can also be used to write Tibetan and Sanskrit. Code for undetermined script: codet pour écriture indéterminée: Common : 2004-05-29: Zzzz: 999: Code for uncoded script: codet pour écriture non codée: Unknown : 2006-10-10: Code N° English Name Nom français Alias Age Date The horizontal square script (Mongolian: Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин бичиг, Khevtee Dörvöljin bichig or Mongolian: Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин Үсэг, Khevtee Dörvöljin Üseg) is an abugida developed by the monk and scholar Zanabazar to write Mongolian. It can also be used to write Ti­betan and San­skrit. The hor­i­zon­tal square script ( Mon­go­lian: Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин бичиг, Khev­tee Dörvöljin bichig or Mon­go­lian: Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин Үсэг, Khev­tee Dörvöljin Üseg) is an abugida de­vel­oped by the monk and scholar Zan­abazar to write Mon­go­lian. 1010, Cairo/Damascus. Early-Herodian formal square script.

A fragment from a Letter from Bar Kohba to Yoshua, son of Galgola, found in Wadi Murabaat (134-135 CE). A fragment from the Commentary over Hosea from Qumran.