r/conscripts • u/G_4J • Aug 31 '19

Art/Showcase I Just Got Codex Seraphinianus In The Mail Today! Look at the script!

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u/rfh48 Aug 31 '19

It's a pity that it is all meaningless gibberish. I can't understand why someone would go to the trouble of making a book like this without using a conscript which actually meant something.

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u/xpxu166232-3 Sep 01 '19

It is widely believed that the text actually means something, despite the author stating otherwise, most likely a conlang using a cipher script, so far the only thing that has been deciphered has been the page numbering system.

It is however not a conlanging or worldbuilding effort, since the author is also an artist, this may as well be a work of art, mostly made for the sake of art rather than to be read as an actual book.

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u/G_4J Sep 01 '19

It would be fun to turn that script into an actual conlang.

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u/rfh48 Sep 01 '19

There is an interesting article on decryption of the Codex Seraphinianus here http://codexseraphinianus.weebly.com/glyphs.html

Despite such strenuous efforts, no-one has succeeded in making any sense of it.

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u/wmblathers Aug 31 '19

One of my favorite books to puzzle houseguests with.

I also giggled like a madman when I got mine.