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An Introduction to English Runes (Paperback, New Ed)
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An Introduction to English Runes (Paperback, New Ed)
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Introduction to the use of runes as a practical script for a
variety of purposes in Anglo-Saxon England. Runes are quite
frequently mentioned in modern writings, usually imprecisely as a
source of mystic knowledge, power or insight. This book sets the
record straight. It shows runes working as a practical script for a
variety of purposes in early English times, among both indigenous
Anglo-Saxons and incoming Vikings. In a scholarly yet readable way
it examines the introduction of the runic alphabet (the futhorc) to
England in the fifth and sixth centuries, the forms and values of
its letters, and the ways in which it developed, up until its
decline at the end of the Anglo-Saxon period. It discusses how
runes were used for informal and day-to-day purposes, on formal
monuments, as decorative letters in prestigious manuscripts, for
owners' or makers' names on everyday objects, perhaps even in
private letters. For the first time, the book presents, together
with earlier finds, the many runic objects discovered over the last
twenty years, with a range of inscriptions on bone, metal and
stone, even including tourists' scratched signatures found on the
pilgrimage routes through Italy. It gives an idea of the immense
range of informationon language and social history contained in
these unique documents. The late R.I. PAGE was former Professor of
Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge.
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