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Beowulf Manuscript by =Lorna36:iconLorna36:

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Submitted: September 13, 2006
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A month and a bit late I've finally uploaded a nice scan! (Sorry - quite big to get more detail) This is a part of the epic Old English poem Beowulf. (Beowulf fighting Grendel) I've tried to sort of get the general look of the original manuscript. (Though more burnt and stuff becuase I like doing that - fun! ;) ) It's not an exact copy - I've included completed words in some places where the original is missing etc..

Extra detail in scraps
Manuscript Close-up: [link]
Various Detail shots: [link] (More accurate colour)
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~mesondecay:iconmesondecay: Sep 13, 2006, 2:56:38 AM
stunning penmanship! I couldn't possibly hold my hand steady enough to get such perfect strokes... :clap: :thumbsup:
=Lorna36:iconLorna36: Sep 13, 2006, 10:30:45 AM
Thanks! :blushes: :thanks: I wanted to use a quill and ink. I don't think I had any feathers at the time and so used pen and ink. (Hehe an excuse to do another piece! :D) Again, thank you very much - I really appreciate it!

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~DevilsSnare:iconDevilsSnare: Sep 13, 2006, 2:17:59 PM
Great work! O LOVE this like this! Pleas post more like this soon! :D
~XerxesTUUL:iconXerxesTUUL: Sep 13, 2006, 2:22:16 PM
Is this really Old English? Or Anglo-Saxon? Just, if it is, I never imagind it would be so different when compared with what I'm typing. And even then when we did Old Welsh (from around the same time, or even before this period) my name is still spelled exactly the same, and I could stil understand the basic gist of the entire thing.

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=Lorna36:iconLorna36: Sep 13, 2006, 2:28:03 PM
Thanks, I'm glad you like it! :) I would like to do more pieces like this in the future if I have time. :D

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=Lorna36:iconLorna36: Sep 13, 2006, 2:58:00 PM
Yeah it's Old English/Anglo-Saxon. :) Its been through quite a lot to get to Modern English! I found it cool how it
reminded me of German, even though I don't speak German when I listened to it I could recognise (phonetic?) similarities to the German spoken today. What you mention about Old Welsh is interesting, I'm kind of just guessing but perhaps the Welsh language itself wasn't influenced as much by other languages (brought about by invaders and such?) So it developed own its own more so than English? Wow, that got me rolling! ;) Thanks again for the comment - greatly appreciated! :thanks:

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~DevilsSnare:iconDevilsSnare: Sep 13, 2006, 3:23:03 PM
I will be waitting for them!
*chibigundam:iconchibigundam: Sep 13, 2006, 3:31:49 PM
Beowulf is my favorit all time story.:)

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~XerxesTUUL:iconXerxesTUUL: Sep 13, 2006, 4:37:09 PM
Nah, Welsh and English have jointly influenced one another, and naturally both have been influenced by Norman and Latin too I think, then of course there was also Jute in hte beginning. And Roman way back.

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'I keep my stash of shame in my drawer,'
'What? Porn?'
'No ... Star Trek ...'

'So they DO exist ... girl nerds I mean ... not girls in general, obviously,'
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