Hrothbert "Bob" Bainbridge

Well. *rubs hands* Who's looking forward to going back to school?


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If you're taking my class in the fall and haven't yet confirmed it on your class schedule, please do so at the first opportunity.

( Textbook information )

To those who are taking this class for the first time, welcome, and I trust you will find it illuminating. In days to come, you will use runes, hieroglyphs, and other ancient writings frequently in your studies; they are invaluable for everything from Transfiguration to Arithmancy. You will draw them on the surfaces of potions; you will inscribe them on wards to shield your loved ones from harm; by the end of the year you will know the pros and cons of six types of parchment, eight other material surfaces, and thirty types of inks with which to create symbolic magic, along with the scripts to write it all with. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.

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*a note is here appended for Reggie, detailing materials, supplies, and texts needed for the coming year... although Bob isn't exactly sanguine in thinking that anything in the note will get through to his new TA*

Confound it, those vials were supposed to be ready....

I find myself in need of at least two students, fourth-year or above, to bottle ink samples in preparation for my second-year class. Points will be given to those who assist. *appended note: No more help required... for now. Thank you.

*ink spatter* ..No, Marco, that is not a sugar quill. Go on with you, off the desk....


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Classes will take place, as they did last year, in the first classroom along the western second-floor corridor. Second-year students will need to bring a fresh supply of quills; upper years will require dragonhide gloves; and everybody should have their Wright's workbook immediately availab

*tooth marks; filter fails*

--Marco....

MARCO, BRING THAT BACK--!


[[Guess whose journal just got stolen by an irritated cat. XD]]

ANCIENT RUNES SIGN-IN SHEET (II)

To all second-years, and any other students who will be taking Ancient Runes in the upcoming term: please reply to this sign-in sheet with your name, House, and year, as well as any languages or writing systems in which you are fluent or have at least a passing familiarity.

Sign-ups will be open until the last week of the term. You do not have to sign again if you already responded to the previous sign-in sheet.

For the upcoming course, second years will be asked to acquire clean copies of Twenty-Five Magical Languages by Ufar Haldah and Deciphering Ancient Runes by Smedly Lurge. Upper years will need Angela Cove's Symbols of Power: Linguistic Secrets Revealed, and everyone will need the year-appropriate volume of Wright's White Rites Rightly Writ with its accompanying workbook.

--Professor Robert Bainbridge


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*irritated* Please contact Flourish & Blotts and find out why we haven't received that invoice. As I can't go down there myself.....

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( [[Current class list]] )

ANCIENT RUNES SIGN-IN SHEET

As a wizard, you will be using runes and symbols in everything from Transfiguration to Astronomy, Divination, and Potions; your skill at inscribing them correctly might make the difference between a successful spell and a rather messy demise. If you are entering your second year, or will be taking Ancient Runes as an elective in the fall, reply here with your name, House, upcoming year, and any languages or writing systems with which you have at least a passing familiarity.

*add-in note scrawled between the lines* Sign-ups will be open until a week before next term.

--Professor Robert Bainbridge


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Among other texts, I will be assigning Wright's White Rites Rightly Writ with its accompanying workbook. It's updated every year, so the request has to go in early. When we have a general idea of the class's population, please let Flourish & Blotts know how many copies they should acquire, and also order seven extra ones for the school library in anticipation of those students who will inevitably manage to destroy their own.

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