Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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48
It was now much more decorated and carved than it had been, and, in the light of the torches, we could see that much color had been used in its decoration.
16
49
Pictographs were much more numerous now, and, instead of being linearly bordered, the walls were now decorated in columns of runes and designs, and pictographs.
16
50
Torches, unlit, in wall rings, were still illuminated as we passed near them.
16
51
Many of the columns carved, with painted surfaces, on the walls, reminded me of rune stones.
16
52
These stones, incidentally, are normally quite colorful, and can often be seen at great distances.
16
53
Each year their paint is freshened, commonly on the vigil of the vernal equinox, which, in the north, as commonly in the south, marks the new year.
16
54
Religious rune stones are repainted by rune-priests on the vigil of the fest-season of Odin, which, on Gor, takes place in the fall.
It was now much more decorated and carved than it had been, and, in the light of the torches, we could see that much color had been used in its decoration.
Pictographs were much more numerous now, and, instead of being linearly bordered, the walls were now decorated in columns of runes and designs, and pictographs.
Torches, unlit, in wall rings, were still illuminated as we passed near them.
Many of the columns carved, with painted surfaces, on the walls, reminded me of rune stones.
These stones, incidentally, are normally quite colorful, and can often be seen at great distances.
Each year their paint is freshened, commonly on the vigil of the vernal equinox, which, in the north, as commonly in the south, marks the new year.
Religious rune stones are repainted by rune-priests on the vigil of the fest-season of Odin, which, on Gor, takes place in the fall.
- (Marauders of Gor, Chapter )