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    Ogham - Wikipedia

    • Ogham is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries). There are roughly 400 surviving orthodox inscriptions on stone monuments throughout Ireland and western Britain, the bulk of which are in souther… See more

    Origins

    It is generally thought that the earliest inscriptions in Ogham date to about the 4th century AD, but
    It … See more

    Alphabet: the Beith-luis-nin

    Strictly speaking, the word ogham means letters, while the alphabet is called beith-luis-nin after the letter names of the first letters (in the same way that the modern word "alphabet" derives from the Greek letters alph… See more

    Script typeAlphabet
    Time periodc. 4th–10th centuries
    DirectionBottom-to-top, left-to-right
    LanguagesPrimitive Irish; · Old Irish; Pictish
    Corpus

    Monumental ogham inscriptions are found in Ireland and Wales, with a few additional specimens found in southwest England (Devon and Cornwall), the Isle of Man, and Scotland, including Shetland and a single example… See more

    Non-monumental uses

    As well as its use for monumental inscriptions, the evidence from early Irish sagas and legends indicate that ogham was used for short messages on wood or metal, either to relay messages or to denote own… See more

    Neopaganism

    Modern New Age and Neopagan approaches to ogham largely derive from the now-discredited theories of Robert Graves in his book The White Goddess. In this work, Graves took his inspiration from the theories of t… See more

    See also

    • Auraicept na n-Éces
    • Coelbren y Beirdd — A similar runic alphabet based on the Celtic vigesimal system invented by Iolo Morganwg for the Welsh language.
    • Ogham inscription… See more

    General and cited references

    • Carney, James. The Invention of the Ogam Cipher 'Ériu' 22, 1975, pp. 62–63, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy
    • Dark, Ken (2000). Britain and the End of the Roman Empire. Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing. ISBN… See more

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