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Book information
| Product type: | Paperbook |
| Authors: | Mikkjal á Ryggi |
| Categories: | Coffee table books, Religion and Art |
| Origin countries: | Faroe Islands |
| Layout: | Sonja Kjølbro |
| ISBN: | 978-99972-1-218-4 |
| Release date: | 2. des. 2016 |
| Pages: | Array |
Fuglabókin
Out of stock
The product will be delivered to you, or you can pick it up for free at Bókamiðsølan (á Hjalla 7b, FO-188 Hoyvík). Description
Why make a new edition of an old ornithological work? Is it only to finally give Mikkjal á Ryggi’s brilliant illustrations the print they serve? Is it important to pass this work on to a new generation?
Birds are not only found in his book on them, they appear throughout Mikkjal á Ryggi’s writings: in articles, short stories, poems, ballads and hymns. To him they are not simply a part of Faroese nature, they play a pivotal role in the country’s culture.
Considering the role birds play in his authorship, á Ryggi’s Fuglabókin (Book on Birds) is more than simply ornithology, it is part of his literary output. The more common a bird is, or the more important it was for Faroese livelihood, in folklore or in symbolic significance, the more á Ryggi writes about it.
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Drawings of the following birds in the book are also available as posters (size: A4):
Common blackbird
Puffin
Wren
Northern raven
European robin
Common murre
Northern wheatear
Oystercatcher
Goldcrest
European storm petrel
Book information
| Product type | Paperbook |
| Authors | Mikkjal á Ryggi |
| Categories | Coffee table books, Religion and Art |
| Origin countries | Faroe Islands |
| Layout | Sonja Kjølbro |
| ISBN | 978-99972-1-218-4 |
| Release date | 2. des. 2016 |
| Pages | Array |
Description
Why make a new edition of an old ornithological work? Is it only to finally give Mikkjal á Ryggi’s brilliant illustrations the print they serve? Is it important to pass this work on to a new generation?
Birds are not only found in his book on them, they appear throughout Mikkjal á Ryggi’s writings: in articles, short stories, poems, ballads and hymns. To him they are not simply a part of Faroese nature, they play a pivotal role in the country’s culture.
Considering the role birds play in his authorship, á Ryggi’s Fuglabókin (Book on Birds) is more than simply ornithology, it is part of his literary output. The more common a bird is, or the more important it was for Faroese livelihood, in folklore or in symbolic significance, the more á Ryggi writes about it.
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Drawings of the following birds in the book are also available as posters (size: A4):
Common blackbird
Puffin
Wren
Northern raven
European robin
Common murre
Northern wheatear
Oystercatcher
Goldcrest
European storm petrel
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