English Runes And Runic Writing
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An Introduction To English Runes
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Author : Raymond Ian Page
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2006
An Introduction To English Runes written by Raymond Ian Page and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
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.
Old English Runes And Their Continental Background
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Author : Alfred Bammesberger
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Old English Runes And Their Continental Background written by Alfred Bammesberger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Europe categories.
Runes And Runic Inscriptions
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Author : Raymond Ian Page
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 1998
Runes And Runic Inscriptions written by Raymond Ian Page and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Germanic languages categories.
The essays that comprise this study range from detailed discussion of the forms of particular runes in the runic alphabet to the wider matters on which runes throw light, such as magic, paganism, literacy and linguistic change.
Runes
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Author : Raymond Ian Page
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1987
Runes written by Raymond Ian Page and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Describes the ancient writing system used by Northmen, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings, and the inscriptions found in Scandanavia, the British Isles, and North America.
Runes
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Author : Michael P. Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2012
Runes written by Michael P. Barnes and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Offers a full introduction to and survey of runes and runology: their history, how they were used, and their interpretation. Runes, often considered magical symbols of mystery and power, are in fact an alphabetic form of writing. Derived from one or more Mediterranean prototypes, they were used by Germanic peoples to write different kinds of Germanic language, principally Anglo-Saxon and the various Scandinavian idioms, and were carved into stone, wood, bone, metal, and other hard surfaces; types of inscription range from memorials to the dead, through Christian prayers and everyday messages to crude graffiti. First reliably attested in the second century AD, runes were in due course supplanted by the roman alphabet, though in Anglo-Saxon England they continued in use until the early eleventh century, inScandinavia until the fifteenth (and later still in one or two outlying areas). This book provides an accessible, general account of runes and runic writing from their inception to their final demise. It also covers modern uses of runes, and deals with such topics as encoded texts, rune names, how runic inscriptions were made, runological method, and the history of runic research. A final chapter explains where those keen to see runic inscriptions can most easily find them. Professor MICHAEL P, BARNES is Emeritus Professor of Scandinavian Studies, University College London.
English Runes And Runic Writing
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Author : Lawrence Edward Guinn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
English Runes And Runic Writing written by Lawrence Edward Guinn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with English language categories.
Runes
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Author : Ralph Warren Victor Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1980
Runes written by Ralph Warren Victor Elliott and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Inscriptions, Runic categories.
Runes And Roman Letters In Anglo Saxon Manuscripts
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Author : Victoria Symons
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2016-10-24
Runes And Roman Letters In Anglo Saxon Manuscripts written by Victoria Symons and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book presents the first comprehensive study of Anglo-Saxon manuscript texts containing runic letters. To date there has been no comprehensive study of these works in a single volume, although the need for such an examination has long been recognized. This is in spite of a growing academic interest in the mise-en-page of early medieval manuscripts. The texts discussed in this study include Old English riddles and elegies, the Cynewulfian poems, charms, Solomon and Saturn I, and the Old English Rune Poem. The focus of the discussion is on the literary analysis of these texts in their palaeographic and runological contexts. Anglo-Saxon authors and scribes did not, of course, operate within a vacuum, and so these primary texts are considered alongside relevant epigraphic inscriptions, physical objects, and historical documents. Victoria Symons argues that all of these runic works are in various ways thematically focused on acts of writing, visual communication, and the nature of the written word. The conclusion that emerges over the course of the book is that, when encountered in the context of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, runic letters consistently represent the written word in a way that Roman letters do not.
English Runes And Runic Writing
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Author : Lawrence Edward Guinn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
English Runes And Runic Writing written by Lawrence Edward Guinn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Inscriptions, Runic categories.
Reading The Runes In Old English And Old Norse Poetry
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Author : Thomas Birkett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-27
Reading The Runes In Old English And Old Norse Poetry written by Thomas Birkett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry is the first book-length study to compare responses to runic heritage in the literature of Anglo-Saxon England and medieval Iceland. The Anglo-Saxon runic script had already become the preserve of antiquarians at the time the majority of Old English poetry was written down, and the Icelanders recording the mythology associated with the script were at some remove from the centres of runic practice in medieval Scandinavia. Both literary cultures thus inherited knowledge of the runic system and the traditions associated with it, but viewed this literate past from the vantage point of a developed manuscript culture. There has, as yet, been no comprehensive study of poetic responses to this scriptural heritage, which include episodes in such canonical texts as Beowulf, the Old English riddles and the poems of the Poetic Edda. By analysing the inflection of the script through shared literary traditions, this study enhances our understanding of the burgeoning of literary self-awareness in early medieval vernacular poetry and the construction of cultural memory, and furthers our understanding of the relationship between Anglo-Saxon and Norse textual cultures. The introduction sets out in detail the rationale for examining runes in poetry as a literary motif and surveys the relevant critical debates. The body of the volume is comprised of five linked case studies of runes in poetry, viewing these representations through the paradigm of scriptural reconstruction and the validation of contemporary literary, historical and religious sensibilities.