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Philip Good
Philippo(s) Kalos.

Item date(s): 17 September 1967

Walter Whall Battiss  (1906-1982) - (poem by)


Pages: Single sheet
Size: 305mm
Technique: Pen and ink on paper
Language: English; Fook
Inscription: Signed with the initials
Edition: Unique


Place publication: Pretoria
Publisher: The artist

Additional notes:
The poem in English to the left and the transcription in FOOK script to the right.

A transcription into the digital FOOK script is provided giving some help and insight. It is notable that, apart from the title, the shortform of A (in FOOK) was used: i.e. one lightening bolt plus a dot rather than two lightening bolts. The dot above a letter was used for capitals. However Battiss did not use FOOK script for punctuation (!?) and numbers - which may only have been developed later.

The title is written in Greek script, translated above, and should be checked.

Ref: GB/30338







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