Pictorial Proverb (1879), from Guess Me, a curious collection of enigmas, charades, acting charades, double acrostics, conundrums, verbal puzzles, hieroglyphics, anagrams, etc. Compiled and arranged by Frederick D'Arros Planché.

Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c545997b-311f-4cdc-b3ee-711bdca0e4cf

#symbols #enigmas #acrostics #puzzles #language #hieroglyphics #rebus #art #publicdomain

Hieroglyphic Towns (1879), from Guess Me, a curious collection of enigmas, charades, acting charades, double acrostics, conundrums, verbal puzzles, hieroglyphics, anagrams, etc. Compiled and arranged by Frederick D'Arros Planché.

Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/940ed276-50db-4057-bc08-5d05e0d77607

#symbols #enigmas #acrostics #puzzles #language #hieroglyphics #rebus #art #publicdomain

Is anyone considering presenting a paper on some kind of wordplay at the Medieval Academy of American conference at Harvard next year? -- aenigmata, flyting, kenning, acrostics, word squares or ???

I'm thinking about proposing a panel, have one of the three papers ready, on palindromes.

#MAA25 @histodons @medievodons #acrostics

Virgil’s secret message (or how I stopped worrying and learned to love acrostics).

#Virgil #Poetry #Acrostics

https://aeon.co/essays/why-it-pays-to-read-for-acrostics-in-the-classics

"Vergil’s secret message."

Long derided as mere coincidences, acrostics in ancient poetry are finally being taken seriously – with astonishing results.

#Culture #Classics #ClassicalHistory #Vergil #Acrostics

https://aeon.co/essays/why-it-pays-to-read-for-acrostics-in-the-classics

Do we need more examples of #ChatGPT being #ConfidentlyWrong?

Here is the most blatant one I just stumbled into. #Acrostics are not its strong suit.