Genesis Starting as the Vowel Word

AEIOU
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Introduction
The painting symbolies a synthesis between the world!s "reation as a design o# a letter $ot% a set
AEIOU o# &owels% an alphabet and a written script.
Espe"ially the old German '(rrent s"ript re&eals a set o# handwriting letters% whi"h may ha&e
grown #rom m(ltiple and &ariable e)tending one letter *$ot+, The basi" prin"iple probably may ha&e
been deri&ed #rom -ebrew s"ript(re and the designers o# the old German '(rrent s"ript m(st ha&e
been s"holars in an"ient literat(re and writing,
The "olor symbolism #or the painting has been "opied #rom my own% old s"hool!s noteboo. and
symbolies alternating symboli" "olors in medie&al% /ill(minated0 s"ript(re, And ha&ing #o(nd the
an"ient '(rrent s"ript lessons in old A(strian s"hoolboo.
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I de"ided to synthesie *1+ the generation
o# s"ript(re #rom $ot and *2+ the "olor symbolism o# the "reation legend in an oil3painting,
1 $ose# -einri"h!s S"hreib34ese35ibel *dated 1674+,
Fig. 1: Genesis Starting as the Vowel Word AEIOU (dated 21!"
Symbolizing the Fall of Mankind
At elementary s"hool in Eindho&en in 1784 a 9atholi" tea"her ordered the "hildren to draw male
persons *$es(s% Adam : God+ in red "olors and #emale persons *E&e and the &irgin ;ary+ in blue
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A#ter the Fall o# $an the "o(ple had to be drawn in purple% the "olor whi"h in <(t"h is named
/paars0, This "on"ept may ha&e impressed me altho(gh it didn!t really bother me (p till the time I
started oil3paintings,,,
O# "o(rse I .new AEIOU had been the medie&al A(strian emperor 5rederi". III
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!s de&i"e% #or
whi"h he ne&er had e)plained an o##i"ial e)planation,
-ea&en!s door had been open as long as sin had been absent% b(t "losed as soon as the sin t(rned
Adam and E&e into p(rple > the synthesis "olor o# 8?@ red and 8?@ bl(e,
I am (ns(re abo(t the obje"ts at the le#t and right side o# Adam and E&e, They may ha&e been
symboliing trees% b(t I do not remember what my tea"her may ha&e intended, I de"ided to design
these elements as trees,
In repainting my "reation legend I sin"erely tried to imitate the "l(msiness o# an 63year old
yo(ngster% who may ha&e learned reading 1 or 1A year earlier
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2 A 4i#etime!s 9oloring Boo. *178432?14+
= A.E.I.O.U.% was a symboli" de&i"e personally (sed by the -absb(rg emperor 5rederi". III *1418>7=+% who had a
#ondness #or mythi"al #orm(lae, -e habit(ally signed b(ildings s("h as B(rg Wiener Ce(stadt or Gra 9athedral as
well as his tableware and other obje"ts with the a"ronym,D1E Up to today% A,E,I,O,U, is the motto o# the Theresian
;ilitary A"ademy established in 1781,
4 5(ll do"(mentation at Godsdienstles 178431788 *<(t"h+ and Feligions(nterri"ht 1784 *German+
Fig. 2: Ada% (red" and E&e
('l(e"
Fig. ): A#ter the Fall o# $an
the co(ple is p(rple
Understanding Genesis as a Vowel Generating Process
I (nderstood the &owels as the #(ndamentals #rom whi"h > starting #or the &owel $ot 3 the "reation
had been started, 5or some strange reason the A(strian tea"her started the handwriting "o(rse with
the &owel I and similar letters *s("h as e% (% n and m+% and later the &owel s(bset AEIOU, The G had
been e)"l(ded and introd("ed at a slightly later stage,
Short introduction in the old German cursive alphabet
The #ormer German "(rsi&e alphabet "onsists a rather "l(msy set o# letters% whi"h "a(se
"onsiderable di##i"(lties in dis"erning the "(rsi&ely written stro.es in the "hara"ters i* (* n* %* c* e*
ei and e(, This pe"(liar #a"t s(ggest to in&estigate the idea o# a spe"ial design% originated #rom a
single *smallest+ letter $ot,
Starting a creation legend with a letter Jot
9reation > it seems > had been generated #rom the letter $ot% generating a hand#(l o# &owels and a
series o# "onsonants,
In old3German writing the "(rsi&e /i03letter seems to be #orming a basi" element in a great n(mber
o# lettersH espe"ially in the i% n% (% m% e% and so on, The /i0 is to be identi#ied by the dot and the name
/$ot0 itsel# means /dot0, The /(0 is "hara"teried by an (pper mar.er named /bre&e0 */I0+, The /e0
is "hara"teried by two &ery "lose positioned parallel stro.es
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The #ollowing list ill(strates a #ew o# these "hara"ters% whi"h may s(ggest that the s"ript!s alphabet
had been designed as a gen(ine series% generated #rom the basi" letter $ot, The stro.es are J(ite
similar and e)tra "oding mar.ers *s("h as dots% (pper bre&e and (ndertie+ are needed to identi#y the
spe"ial elements, I will ill(strate this in the #ollowing samples #or n% m% (% e% ei and e(,
German Mothers o reading!
These spe"ial mar.ers *dots% (pper bre&e and (ndertie+ seem to be German /;others o# reading
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identi#ying the i% n% (% m% e% ei% e( and so on, Cote the ob&io(s "on"entration o# the most important
&owels *I" U" E+ in this short s(mmary,
8 $ose# -einri"h!s S"hreib34ese35ibel *dated 1674+,
K This is my own interpretation > there *probably+ is no other a(thor "laiming the e)isten"e o# the German /;others
o# reading0
Fig. ! + ,i-
Fig. .: /n/
Fig. 0: /%/
Fig. 1: /(/
Fig. 1: /e/
Fig. 2: /ei/
Fig. 3: /e(/
#he German $urrent script
5or a "omplete similar o&er&iew o# this alphabet and other similar s"ripts seeH the '(rrent
handwriting in whi"h also the letter /"0 seems to be "omparable to a non3dotted /i0, The /"0
howe&er had not been in"l(ded by the A(strian tea"her in his initial "hapter #or learning the
lang(age, In #a"t the /"0 is not a #reJ(ent letter in German lang(age,
The #ollowing table ill(strates the German .(rrent s"riptL the se"ond to last line shows the (mla(ts
4% 5% 6 and their respe"ti&e "apitalied &ersions Ae% Oe% UeL the last line shows the ligat(res o# ch%
c7% th% sch *8ch+% 9 *8s+ and st *8t+
:his i%age (or other %edia #ile" o# ;(rrent handwriting is in the public domain 'eca(se its cop<right has expired.
SMtterlin is a rather modern s"ript based on ;(rrentschri#t that is "hara"teried by simpli#ied letters
and &erti"al stro.es, It was de&eloped in 1711 and ta(ght in German s"hools as primary s"ript #rom
17=8 (ntil 1741, SMtterlin also re&eals the same similarities between i% n% (% m% e% ei% e( and so on,
Fig. 11 Ger%an ;(rrent handwriting script
Generating an alphabet from the letter I
$(st li.e the -ebrew alphabet the old3German '(rrent3s"ript may ha&e been deri&ed #rom repetiti&e
additional (se o# the dot3letter /i0
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and some "onsonantsH
7 God
Fig. 12: S(ggested =esign str(ct(re o# the ;(rrent Script
Adam with an elementary i-stroke in his face
Adam in red wo(nd (p with an elementary /i03stro.e in his #a"e > J(ite similar to a $ot altho(gh the
stro.e belongs to the le#t leg o# a letter /m0
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in her right hand is j(st waiting to attra"t his attention,
To symbolie the an"ient pra"ti"e o# alternating red : bl(e "olors in the gorgeo(sly ill(strated
medie&al Bibles I alternated the "olors #or the letter symbols in a #ew lines, I o#ten had seen these
red : bl(e alternations% whi"h seemed to ha&e been spe"ial symboli" "olor "odes
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6 SeeH $ose# -einri"h!s S"hreib34ese35ibel *dated 1674+,
7 Genesis 3 Wea&ing the Words in Fed and in Bl(e
Fig. 1): Ada% and E&e (in a newl< created paradise"
5ig, 14H Initials in a medie&al 9ode)%
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"ent(ry
The olor Pur!le
Altho(gh as 6 year old "hildren we had been aware o# red and bl(e as the "olor symbols o# o(r
national #lag the tea"her *a priest+ did not e)plain these "olors% neither the trans#ormation o# Adam!s
red and E&e!s bl(e into the "o(ple!s p(rple, Ceither did we .now the detailed in#ormation in the
Nentate("h% in whi"h God!s "ommands to (se red : bl(e : p(rple to b(ild the Tent o# 9o&enant and
the Temple, Bl(e% p(rple and s"arlet had been de#ined as o##eringsH
E) 28H137 Then the 4OF< spo.e to ;oses% sayingH OSpea. to the "hildren o# Israel% that
they bring ;e an o##ering, 5rom e&eryone who gi&es it willingly with his heart yo(
shall ta.e ;y o##ering, OAnd this is the o##ering whi"h yo( shall ta.e #rom themH gold%
sil&er% and broneL Obl(e% p(rple% and s"arlet thread% #ine linen% and goats! hairL
The #o(rth "hapter o# $ose# -einri"h!s S"hreib34ese35ibel e)plains the &owels and the "olle"tion o#
most #reJ(ent &owel "ombinations, 4etters are spe"i#ied in 4atin and the "orresponding old3German
alphabeti"al order,
Fig. 11: Ada% and E&e + lea&ing paradise a#ter the sin...
Symbolism of Pur!le and Scarlet
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%urple &'o(alt()
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The -ebrews wo(ld get this "olor #rom mi)ing bl(e and s"arlet together, This deep red3p(rple "olor
was a "olor o# royalty *'ingly+, N(rple% whi"h as a dye had o#ten be "oo.ed #rom snails% had not
always been "reated as a mi)t(re o# red and bl(e by mi)ing both #(ndamental "olors at the
rainbow!s borderlines,
The dyes #or the #(ndamental "olors red% bl(e and p(rple ha&e been traded #rom Tyre by the
Nhoeni"ians, The 4amentation #or Tyre a""(rately des"ribes how the trading had been organied
and whi"h dyed prod("ts *s("h as sails% et",+ and "(stomers had been listedH
$(dg 6H2K ornaments% pendants% and p(rple robes whi"h were on the .ings o# ;idian%
and besides the "hains that were aro(nd their "amels! ne".s,
The "olor p(rple typi#ies $es(s as 'ing o# .ing!s and 4ord o# lord!s% b(t there is another
important tr(th, The mi)ing o# bl(e and s"arlet, Bl(e spea.s o# someone who is
hea&enly3minded% and s"arlet% as we shall see% represents blood and death% sa"ri#i"e% and
manhood, N(rple is a "ombination o# both% whi"h spea.s o# 9hrist as both God and
man, In some mysterio(s way -e "ombined both nat(res in -is own when -e too.
(pon -imsel# the li.eness o# sin#(l #lesh,
Scarlet &Sacriice)
A""ording to Nl(tar"h S"arlet had been assigned to the male warriors and emperors at an atta". or
at a &i"torio(s parade, In Foman eras the "olor red may ha&e symbolied the sa"ri#i"e in wartime,
The s"arlet was deri&ed #rom an Eastern inse"t *worm+ that in#ests "ertain trees, It was gathered%
"r(shed% dried% and gro(nd to a powder that prod("ed a brilliant "rimson h(e,
S"arlet spea.s o# sa"ri#i"e and typi#ies 9hrist in -is s(##erings, The "r("i#i)ion Nsalm
22 J(otes $es(s as saying 3 OI am a wormO, God somehow too. (pon -imsel# a body o#
#lesh and blood and then died% gi&ing -is li#e as a ransom #or (s all
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I am not really "on&in"ed the symbolism is that "omple), Why wo(ld Adam need to be red and E&e
bl(e and why wo(ld they ha&e to t(rn into p(rple a#ter their sinsP
Fed might symbolie a male element% bl(e a #emale and p(rple *"onsisting o# 8?@ red : 8?@ bl(e+
a married "o(ple,
1? Symbolism o# N(rple and S"arlet in Gree. and Foman So"ieties *Cotes to OThe Narallel 4i&esO by Nl(tar"h+
11 So(r"eH p(rple
12 9olored threadsQgodly symbols
Contents
Introd("tion,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1
Symboliing the 5all o# ;an.ind,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2
Understanding Genesis as a Vowel Generating Nro"ess,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,=
Short introd("tion in the old German "(rsi&e alphabet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,=
Starting a "reation legend with a letter $ot,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,=
German /;others o# reading0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,=
The German '(rrent s"ript,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4
Generating an alphabet #rom the letter I,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8
Adam with an elementary /i03stro.e in his #a"e,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,K
The 9olor N(rple,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,7
Symbolism o# N(rple and S"arlet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6
N(rple *Foyalty+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6
S"arlet *Sa"ri#i"e+ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6