Hrön (Tlön, no date). Twelfth-degree "secondary object"
or "Hrön" from Tlön,
a planet the inhabitants of which are entirely ruled by philosophical
idealism.
Now produced methodically by the expectation of a seeker,
Hrönir appear
ex nihilo, and were for thousands of years the accidental
products of distraction
and forgetfulness. When one Hrön is inspired by another
there is an inevitable
falling off in quality, and by the twelfth degree the aberrations
often
become exaggerated. This is the case with the present example,
an object
whose original purpose remains a matter of scholarly dispute.
(Collection of
Dr. Josiah Carbury, Professor of Psycho-ceramics, Brown University.
Provenance: Ezra Buckley bequest, 1824).
Bibliography: Anglo-American Cyclopaedia, New York, 1917.
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