The Caractors Document

This page relates to a an extant document entitled "Caractors", and popularly referred to as The Anthon Transcript. However, it is certainly not The Anthon transcript, which is not, at this time, extant.

• Maxwell Institute, "Royal Skousen, "The Original and Printer's Manuscripts" (Book of Mormon lecture, 1 of 3)", YouTube

At about 24:18 Royal Skousen talks a bit about the document popularly referred to as the Anthon Transcript.

• Maxwell Institute, "Royal Skousen, "The Nature of the Original Text" (Book of Mormon lecture, 3 of 3)", YouTube

At about 2:10:13, an audience member question about the Book of Mormon translation process leads to Royal Skousen noting that the fragment popularly referred to as the Anthon Transcript is probably not the actual Anthon Transcript.

• "Anthon Transcript", The Cipher Foundation

The section on Provenance gives good evidence that the supposed Anthon Transcript is not what David Whitmer claimed it to be.

• WARD RADIO, "Book of Mormon Reformed Egyptian is Real and This Guy Translated it!", YouTube, 25 Mar 2024

Information regarding a proposed translation.

• WARD RADIO, "Evidence for the Book of Mormon's 'Reformed Egyptian'!", YouTube, 26 Dec 2023

Some discussion of the same book without the author.

• Jerry D. Grover, Jr., "Translation of the 'Caractors' Document: Revised and Updated", Book of Mormon Scientific and Linguistic Research

• The Anthon Transcript
• The Gold Plates
• The Book of Mormon
• Martin Harris
• Reformed Egyptian