06 June 2015, London I found another pictographic sign: . According to its form, its meaning could be “monumentum” or “sepulchre”. Also, it is used mostly on the pages around the drawing of the Resurrection. Although, I am looking for pictographic signs, I search information on shorthand systems created before 17 century when, most likely, was created RC. The oldest well known system is Tironian notes. I easily find online two large “Tironian collections”*. Tironian notes is a shorthand system created by Cicero's scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro in first century BC. It consisted of some 4000 signs. The system continued to be used in medieval times, when extended to about 13000 signs. It declined around 16 century. Tiro’s signs, or notations as they are also called, are made of a main larger grapheme, usually the first letter of the word, and smaller supporting signs: another characteristic letter of the word or an important suffix: Excerpt from "Commen...