Etruscan Inscriptions Analysed Translated And Commented Upon

Author : Alexander Lindsay Crawford
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332054428
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Etruscan Inscriptions Analysed, Translated and Commented Upon (Classic Reprint) written by Alexander Lindsay Crawford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Etruscan Inscriptions Analysed, Translated and Commented Upon This volume was written and prepared for the press with a view to private circulation, and in the hope that others more competent than myself would take up the subject and work it out. My object was not (properly speaking) to give an accurate interpreta tion of the Etruscan inscriptions, but to shew that the language employed in those inscriptions was an ancient form of German, in corroboration of an argu ment derived from independent sources to prove that the Etruscans were a branch of the Teutonic race. My reason for publishing it is this, that in a work which I am about to issue on a much more important subject I have employed the ancient German as an instrument of etymological and mythological com parison and analysis in a manner which can only be justified by adduction of proof that the language stands upon a par in point of antiquity and impor tance with Greek and Latin, Zendic and Sanscrit, and that its written, or rather engraved monuments are centuries older than the Gospels of Ulphilas. Such proof is, I trust, afforded by the contents of the ensuing pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.