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Wooden Books (1999), Edition: 1st Ed., 64 pages
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Turn-of-the-centuryPariswas the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets--all were there. But so, too, were the shadows:Paris was a violent, criminal place, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the gathering places of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell victim to perhaps the greatest theft of all time--the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Immediately, Alphonse Bertillon, a detective world-renowned for pioneering crime-scene investigation techniques, was called upon to solve the crime. And quickly the Parispolice had a suspect: a young Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso....
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LibraryThing member EowynA
This small book, rich with illustrations, is a delightful overview of, as it says, runic inscription in Great Britain.It is generally arranged with text on the left page facing a drawn illustration on the right page. I expected this book to lightly touch on things I'd already read about runes. I
The book first introduced therunic alphabet (Futhorc) in the several incarnations found in Great Britain and the isles: Garmanic, Anglo-Saxon, Danish, Manx-Jeran, and Orkney, with the letter shapes and values. I'd not realized that there were separate Manx-Jeran or Orkney variations. Cool. When the text discussed the Anglo-Saxon Runic Poem, the illustration was of the originally published text, in Anglo-Saxon. The text that follows that translates each verse. Then it touches on the literal meanings of some letters, with a summary table for all the Anglo-Saxon runes.
The central portion of the book gives an overview of 18 individual artifacts with runic inscriptions. The text notes where each was found, where the artifact is now (usually a museum), and what the inscription says, when it can be translated. There is even a bit of history or something else interesting about each artifact. This is where I found out about another way of writing runes - twig runes that rely on the writer (and reader) knowing the futhorc in order, grouped in aettir (sets of 8 letters).
The last few pages cover some of the more esoteric rune-lore based on nine lines, or twigs, as the model for writing the whole alphabet.
This book was a gift from a friend recently returned from visiting some of the places these artifacts were found or displayed. The book was likely intended for the tourists. It is a tiny volume, but mighty, shedding new light on an old alphabet.
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was pleasantly surprised to learn some tidbits that were new to me. The book first introduced therunic alphabet (Futhorc) in the several incarnations found in Great Britain and the isles: Garmanic, Anglo-Saxon, Danish, Manx-Jeran, and Orkney, with the letter shapes and values. I'd not realized that there were separate Manx-Jeran or Orkney variations. Cool. When the text discussed the Anglo-Saxon Runic Poem, the illustration was of the originally published text, in Anglo-Saxon. The text that follows that translates each verse. Then it touches on the literal meanings of some letters, with a summary table for all the Anglo-Saxon runes.
The central portion of the book gives an overview of 18 individual artifacts with runic inscriptions. The text notes where each was found, where the artifact is now (usually a museum), and what the inscription says, when it can be translated. There is even a bit of history or something else interesting about each artifact. This is where I found out about another way of writing runes - twig runes that rely on the writer (and reader) knowing the futhorc in order, grouped in aettir (sets of 8 letters).
The last few pages cover some of the more esoteric rune-lore based on nine lines, or twigs, as the model for writing the whole alphabet.
This book was a gift from a friend recently returned from visiting some of the places these artifacts were found or displayed. The book was likely intended for the tourists. It is a tiny volume, but mighty, shedding new light on an old alphabet.
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Language
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English
Physical description
64 p.; 9.13 inches
ISBN
1902418069 / 9781902418063
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