#symbols and ciphers

[historysurvivalguide]

Cistercian Numerals Bibliography:

Beard, Daniel Carter. The American Boys’ Book of Signs, Signals and Symbols. 1918, https://archive.org/details/americanboysbook00bear5/page/92/mode/1up?view=theater.

King, David. (2019). DAVID KING 1995 – A forgotten Cistercian system of numerical notation.

King, David. (2019). 203 – KING 2001 (BOOK) – The Ciphers of the monks, a forgotten number-notation of the Middle Ages.

Miller, Kirk. Background for Unicode Consideration of Cistercian Numerals. 10 Dec. 2020, https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20290-cistercian-digits.pdf.

Puiu, Tibi. “What Are Cistercian Numbers — the Forgotten Ciphers of Medieval Monks.” ZME Science, 21 Jan. 2021, https://www.zmescience.com/science/cirstercian-numbers-90432432/.

[aria-greenhoodie]

Decided to redraw that lovely Bill Cipher Circle (does it have a proper name?) to act as a cover image for my Bill Cipher playlist…

+ sticker-friendly colored version! ↓

Click for Quality!

[kingscythe-art]

Behind every tumblr sexyman is a bear who is just absolutely GOING THROUGH IT

ID and alternate versions (no glow + no string) under the cut :]

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A drawing of Bill Cipher and Stanford Pines from Gravity Falls. It is mostly rendered in different shades of purplish gray, with sketchy ballpoint lineart. Bill is in a 3/4 view, floating on the left, with one knee drawn up and a hand held up to his eye coquettishly. His other hand is trailing behind him. He’s looking over his “shoulder” to the right. He is surrounded by a faint yellow glow.

Ford is on the right, also in a 3/4 angle, head tilted slightly downwards. He is shown from his shoulders up and looks to be in his mid-60s, with wrinkles and spiky hair that stands up at the front. He is wearing a dark turtleneck sweater and slightly cracked glasses, and scowling wearily off to the right.

A thin, swirling red line connects them; it loops around Bill’s left wrist and ankle and Ford’s head.

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alt versions!

[yasssgiveusnothing]

Common Billford W (Wheat Field Symbolism and Billford)

@lobotomu5 and I were pondering what the wheat field symbolism meant in Ford's dream in The Last Mabelcorn, Season 2.

Wheat is traditionally recognized as representative for love and is often signified as such throughout the Bible.

In this scene, we see a lot of symbolism for love. We see a broken swing set, a ship, and a portal.

The broken swing set and ship represents Ford's once loving and healthy relationship with his brother, which is now strained.

The portal serves as a metaphor for Ford's yearning for recognition and success. Ford's journal reveals that he views the portal as his ticket to riches and fame, an achievement that would grant him the acknowledgement and success he craves. His desire for this acknowledgment stems from his strained relationship with his father and his quest to earn his approval. The portal's broken state symbolizes the collapse of Ford's dreams and his lost life as he spent 30 years trapped in the multiverse.

Additionally, the portal also symbolizes the relationship between Ford and Bill. The portal was the catalyst that brought Bill and Ford together, as the pursuit of opening the portal led to their fateful encounter. It also embodies Ford's trust in Bill, as he relinquished control of his mind and body to Bill to work on the portal while he slept. The broken portal also signifies the end of their relationship, marking the start of their animosity, rivalry, and broken trust.

Ford stands on wheat field that has an image of Bill cut under his feet. He stands in the center of Bill's eye. Then, the wheat field bursts into flames. In this symbolism, the wheat field represents both love and destruction. The wheat field can be seen as a representation of Ford's feelings for Bill Cipher, as he stands in the center of Bill's eye, signifying a deep connection. However, the field bursting into flames can symbolize the intense passion and turmoil that existed in their relationship. The burning wheat field may also symbolize the destruction that came as a result of their relationship, as Bill Cipher's manipulation and betrayal ultimately led to the destruction of their bond.

A field in a dream represents freedom, openness, and potential. It may symbolize a desire for a fresh start or a new beginning.

Freedom: Bill describes the destruction of dimensions are "liberating."

Potential: Bill Cipher wants Ford to join him in the destruction of the world. He says it in the show and he says it in the Book of Bill.

He sees the potential of him and Ford taking glee in liberating the dimension.

It is implied that he must have saw Ford joining him in the multiple futures he can see.

It's why he's so confident that Ford will come around. He says this in the Book of Bill.

Openness: Bill desires a closeness with Ford. Bill can relate to Ford.

Bill once trusted and was able to be vulnerable with Ford.

Fresh start: By having Weirdmegeddon going on and Ford by his side, Bill hopes the two of them can have a fresh start as they learn to rekindle the closeness that was lost.

[thebeautifulbook]

CIPHER MANUSCRIPT [aka VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT] by Roger Bacon[?] (Central Europe, c.1401-1599) 18th -19th century binding.

‘Scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher, apparently based on Roman minuscule characters; the text is believed by some scholars to be the work of Roger Bacon since the themes as the illustrations seem to represent topics know to have interested Bacon…. A history of the numerous attempts to decipher the manuscript can be found in a volume edited by R.S Brumbaugh THE MOST MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPT: The Voynich “Roger Bacon” Cipher Manuscript (Carbondale, IL, 1978). Although several scholars have claimed decipherments of the manuscript, for the most part the text remains an unsolved puzzle.’ — from an abstract by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale

source [digitized]

[clovreat3r]

My lazy sketch of humanoid bill ciphherrre

[cucumber-icepop]

What's a star? Can you touch it? Can you eat it? Can you kill it? Are you a star?

[allieinarden]

You know that phenomenon where in the source material character A uses a nickname for character B once or twice, and then in all the fan material A uses that nickname consistently and never uses B’s actual name? There’s gotta be a word for that.

[tsunamiholmes]

If you haven't seen it already, we have a brand new symbol cipher!

Yes, it's dark, but it's there. Just along the right side of the sign...

I believe we don't have everything we need to solve it yet, seeing as there's no spaces, no punctuation, it's too short for frequency, etc. But I do believe we will be seeing more of these symbols in future posts and definitely in the new book! How exciting!

For the sake of avoiding eyestrain and for our future reference, I went ahead and traced these symbols in vector lines. I have both the symbols in the photo and the unique symbols laid out on their own for easy solving whenever it comes down to it!

I've exported them as PNGs for you here:

[ahkylous]

Bit more on @twilights-stuff’s tlou x gf au

I also got a new sletchbook a bit ago and i’ve been trying to make it all sexy like the shit you see on pintrest. So all the art i’ve done recently have been a part of a bigger scrapbook page like this

the only reason I haven’t posted a whole page before being that it’s very different to the normal stuff I post and I don’t want my reputation to change too much if that makes sense

[lilli-eyr]

details below 👇

[croquel]

im technically ""not supposed to be online"" today per my self imposed schedule but i liked these n would like to post them .... my brain refuses to see him as human but i still wanted to pitch something in

[liumo-quack]

Drew this for the twins' Bday

But remember...

(tw: EyeS)

He's been watching you

[ericdarkgoat]

Gravity Falls is on rise again...

Well time to go to the archives and post 2017 drawings

[loudlyhappycupcake]

Chely's note with Bill cipher's symbols @shironezuninja @evander2511 @homuncvlus @bitter-yet-civilized @billyjoelmutt @miniaturejudgeturkeytree @evaiskindaweird @untitled14360 @twiliartsdreams2017 @twinklemaddie @cartoonfan21 @wolfie245 @sakulovejulius12 @lillywhynot8098 @punk-63 @leo-x-u-raptor-fan @collector-noceda-clawthorne @aamericanotaku @pinkdiamondsearth @chaodeknoi @clairaquos @bossbabyfan2 @bloodmoon24 @enchantedchocolatebars @niyatales4ever @jazzyrazzy157 @moonlighteclipse17 @dianathunderamazon-blog @gametoon @gamebruh12 @disneyblabberlover @buy-some-motherfuckin-apples-iv @butterfly7267 @roxxywolf-multiversa @ajaxus166 @sufan136 @freyzw0rld @princessfandom812 @princess-paige-place-of-fun @princesshillaryellaworld25 @memoriesoftanalorr @qndyandy @minijenn @ellie67

[badlyblurry]

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Rambling and explanation under cut

Sooo in this AU, Dooley ends up getting transported to Gravity Falls instead of the Darkside. McQueen spends a few weeks looking for him before receiving Bill’s offer to help after falling asleep on the subway. He declines at first because Bill’s giving off tons of red flags. But then months pass and suddenly Bill’s offer doesn’t sound so shady…

So now he’s teamed up with Bill who knows where Dooley is… but doesn’t know how to get there from Twin Lakes because of some magic law or whatever.

McQueen feels helpless all over again… until Bill brings up Darkside portals.