"Glagolitsa"

"Glagolitsa" is the name of an old Slavic alphabet used from the 9th century onwards in the Balkans, said to have been invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius.  The name comes from the Old Slavic glagolati "to speak", hence poetically "the marks that speak".  

I thought that was a very appropriate name for a blog intended to discuss words, etymology, and language, among other subjects.  Also, it looks really cool!  The image to the left (from this fascinating article) is from the Missal of Hrvoje, written in 1404.

I encountered the alphabet in a roundabout way, thanks to Janáček's Glagolitic Mass -- of course, the music doesn't directly involve the alphabet, though it is sung in Old Church Slavonic.