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Mongolian written in Tibetan blocks.
Also known as: Horizontal square script
The script created in the seventeenth century to write Mongolian, Tibetan and Sanskrit in square blocks.
Writes Mongolian, Tibetan and Sanskrit in stacked square syllable blocks.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Devised by the monk Zanabazar to write three languages in one system, and used chiefly for ornamental and monumental inscription rather than for running text — a designed script that found a decorative role instead of a practical one.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Letters assembled into square syllable blocks stacked vertically, derived from Tibetan letterforms.