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A row of Utopian alphabet characters, each positioned below its corresponding Roman letter. The characters consist of geometric symbols including circles with internal marks, squares, triangles, and semicircles.
A TETRASTICHON A poem of four lines IN THE VERNACULAR UTOPIAN LANGUAGE.
Utopos ha Boccas peula chama.
A line of Utopian glyphs corresponding to the text above.
polta chamaan
A line of Utopian glyphs corresponding to the text above.
Bargol he maglomi baccan
A line of Utopian glyphs corresponding to the text above.
foma gymnofophaon
A line of Utopian glyphs corresponding to the text above.
Agrama gymnofophon labarem
A line of Utopian glyphs corresponding to the text above.
bacha bodamilomin
A line of Utopian glyphs corresponding to the text above.
Voluala barchin heman la
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lauoluola dramme pagloni.
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THIS IS THE MEANING OF THESE VERSES, WORD FOR WORD.
Utopus, my leader, made me an island from a non-island.
I alone, of all lands, without philosophy,
Have expressed a philosophical city to mortals.
I freely share my own things, and not unwillingly receive better ones.
A vertical woodcut border runs along the right margin, featuring detailed Renaissance-style floral and architectural ornamentation.
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