Ermintruder
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Recently in Glasgow I've seen a few young people wearing teeshirts with printed designs of what was (to me) an unfamiliar variation upon a recognisable ancient letterform system, the Ogham (the pre-runic fashion of stave writing.
Instead of what I was aware of ie Oghams in just a straight line, these designs were representationally circular. I've never seen this before, but an online search has brought up some rare contemporary designs for mainly small jewellry pieces, and a few semi-circular examples of this approach on early pre-medieval oval stones (again, new to me, this was a style I'd only seen engraved in runes).
Does anyone have any insights as to what these t-shirts may have been representing?(other than vague neo-Celtic ideographic artistic appropriation). Thoughts on cross-overs from year-wheels? (nb this WASN'T the design style I saw, the teeshirts were just a simple single hatched ring)
Anyway- I've lots more I'd like to discuss about Oghams. Please.
Instead of what I was aware of ie Oghams in just a straight line, these designs were representationally circular. I've never seen this before, but an online search has brought up some rare contemporary designs for mainly small jewellry pieces, and a few semi-circular examples of this approach on early pre-medieval oval stones (again, new to me, this was a style I'd only seen engraved in runes).
Does anyone have any insights as to what these t-shirts may have been representing?(other than vague neo-Celtic ideographic artistic appropriation). Thoughts on cross-overs from year-wheels? (nb this WASN'T the design style I saw, the teeshirts were just a simple single hatched ring)
Anyway- I've lots more I'd like to discuss about Oghams. Please.