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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Ulphilas}}'''. A schoolman who made a new alphabet for the Goths in the fourth century — a union of Greek letters with the form of the runic alphabet, since which time the runes began to die out and their secret was gradually lost. (See “ Runes”.) He translated the Bible into Gothic, preserved in the ''Codex Argenteus.'' | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Ulphilas}}'''. A schoolman who made a new alphabet for the Goths in the fourth century — a union of Greek letters with the form of the runic alphabet, since which time the runes began to die out and their secret was gradually lost. (See “ Runes”.) He translated the Bible into Gothic, preserved in the ''Codex Argenteus.'' | ||
{{Quote source HPB TG|Ulphilas}} | {{Quote source HPB TG|Ulphilas}} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:50, 8 October 2026
H. P. Blavatsky
Ulphilas. A schoolman who made a new alphabet for the Goths in the fourth century — a union of Greek letters with the form of the runic alphabet, since which time the runes began to die out and their secret was gradually lost. (See “ Runes”.) He translated the Bible into Gothic, preserved in the Codex Argenteus.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Ulphilas