Ogham: A Forgotten Medieval Alphabet
Gone Medieval
History Hit
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🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Across the world, a wide range of writing systems developed in diverse societies and Medieval Europe was no different. Apart from the Latin alphabet, many will be familiar with the use of runes. But did you know that in Ireland and Britain, right at the start of the Medieval period, a different alphabet emerged by the name of Ogham? To find out more about this fascinating script, Dr. Cat Jarman is joined by Professor Katherine Forsyth and Dr. Nora White who are deeply immersed in research into this unique alphabet and writing system. Read more about their project, here >
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| 1:33.8 | Hello and welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval from History Hit. |
| 1:38.0 | I'm Dr. Cat Jarman. Across the world, different writing systems have developed for use |
| 1:43.4 | by different society and the medieval world will snow different |
| 1:47.9 | nor was North Western Europe. Apart from the Latin alphabet, |
| 1:51.8 | most of you will be familiar with the use of runes, but did you know that in Ireland and Britain, |
| 1:57.3 | right at the start of the early medieval period, a different alphabet emerged by the name of OM. |
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