The interest in these weird forms of Chinese writing very much reminds me of Europe in the 17c(-18c), with Kircher & Co.
Source for the pics from the section 歷代文字 in the Wakan Sansai zue 和漢三才圖會 in the preceding tweet (basically as before): https://t.co/FzaNYpaTdm 6/
... 大清文, or Manchu script in chapter 15 (see attached images or https://t.co/iOuhPC1doU). The three characters 哉乎也 to the right _should_ be the transcription of what is given in Manchu script ("ciyan dz wen").--- But are they really? And if not, what has happened here? 2/ https://t.co/kCLpGwKfFg