please bear with me if this rambles
the more i look at "carved" aegyptian 'glyphs (in books/on telly), the more i come to the conclusion that either:-
a) there were standardised sizes of templates placed on the stone/s in question to aid the carving/s
or
b) that they had a form of "concrete" that was either poured/placed into moulds with the "proud" 'glyphs in reverse (like tiles, but on a grander scale. and somehow "fixed" on to walls/columns)
or
c) they had "movable type" to stamp the 'glyphs on to "wet/softened" (fanciful i know ) stone
also i wonder if in some museums dusty archives theres a set of wooden "typeface" languishing wrongly labeled either "ritual"/"unknown"
or a set of "typeface/templates" will be found during this year
not that im detracting from the skill of the artisans of ancient aegypt
so any other comments/theories?
the more i look at "carved" aegyptian 'glyphs (in books/on telly), the more i come to the conclusion that either:-
a) there were standardised sizes of templates placed on the stone/s in question to aid the carving/s
or
b) that they had a form of "concrete" that was either poured/placed into moulds with the "proud" 'glyphs in reverse (like tiles, but on a grander scale. and somehow "fixed" on to walls/columns)
or
c) they had "movable type" to stamp the 'glyphs on to "wet/softened" (fanciful i know ) stone
also i wonder if in some museums dusty archives theres a set of wooden "typeface" languishing wrongly labeled either "ritual"/"unknown"
or a set of "typeface/templates" will be found during this year
not that im detracting from the skill of the artisans of ancient aegypt
so any other comments/theories?