Irish Letters: Sacred and Secular Usage

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  • Eduardo Boheme Kumamoto Trinity College Dublin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v20i1.3107

Abstract

he objective of this article is to discuss the lettering styles that can be found in signs around Dublin, and which are used to convey some kind of Irishness and tradition. The first section discusses the story of insular scripts that flourished in medieval Ireland, being the Book of Kells their most conspicuous representative. After that, the rise of Gaelic typefaces is examined and, finally, examples are used to show the multiplicity of lettering styles in Dublin which are based on insular scripts. It is demonstrated that such letters often fail in their intention to display tradition and nationalism.

Keywords: Medieval Ireland; Gaelic typefaces; lettering styles.

Biografia autore

  • Eduardo Boheme Kumamoto, Trinity College Dublin
    Eduardo Boheme Kumamoto holds a BA degree in English and Portuguese from University of São Paulo, and is now pursuing an MPhil degree in Literary Translation at Trinity College Dublin thanks to the ABEI/Haddad Fellowship.

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2018-09-23

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Kumamoto, E. B. (2018). Irish Letters: Sacred and Secular Usage. ABEI Journal, 20(1), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v20i1.3107