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Runes and Runic Inscriptions - Collected Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking Runes (Paperback, New edition)
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Runes and Runic Inscriptions - Collected Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking Runes (Paperback, New edition)
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Of outstanding value to both runologist and Anglo-Saxonist alike.
EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE Discussion of the forms of the runic alphabet
and interpretations of individual inscriptions, with consideration
of wider matters on which runes throw light - magic, paganism and
literacy. How, where and why runes were used is still often
mysterious; they continue to set puzzles for those who study them,
among whom few are better known than the author of this book. Here
he investigates evidence from Anglo-Saxon runic coins to Manx
inscribed stones, including many of the known Anglo-Saxon runic
inscriptions (notably the Ruthwell cross and the Franks casket) and
manuscripts, and looks in passing at some Scandinavian material,
both in Great Britain and elsewhere. In addition to these detailed
descriptions of inscriptions, and of the runic futhorc, or
alphabet, on which they are based, Page also considers wider issues
on which runes throw light: magic, paganism and literacy.
Archaeologists, historians and others will find this a uniquely
useful and authoritative volume on Anglo-Saxon runes. The late R.I.
PAGE was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and
Emeritus Professor ofAnglo-Saxon, Cambridge University.
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