IRRS - A talk Railway Languages

A talk Railway Languages – Latin’s place in Railway History – Tim Moriarty

In this lecture the society’s librarian will outline the use of Latin in the railway context, how it was used in of mottos accompanying railway heraldry, how the classical vocabulary was adapted in poetry and writings about the railways and how the “modern” Latin vocabulary has developed to a stage where railway history could be written in Latin.

All welcome if your not a member just sign the visitor book ,usefull references for modeling

Talk starts at 19.30