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collected essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking runes

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An edition of Runes and runic inscriptions (1995)

Runes and runic inscriptions

collected essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking runes

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Runes, the primary script of the Germanic peoples, retain in our minds a sense of mystery and excitement. They still sometimes resist all best efforts to decipher them. For all that, they are the only records of the earliest stages of our own language, an echo of a dark unremembered past. They continue to set puzzles for those who study them, among whom few are better known than R.I. Page, whose selected essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking runic materials are brought together in this book.

Aligning himself with the sceptical rather than the romantic school of runologists, he draws fascinating conclusions about how, where and why runes were used. His scrutiny of the evidence extends from Anglo-Saxon runic coins to Manx inscribed stones; it includes examinations of many of the known Anglo-Saxon runic inscriptions and manuscripts, and looks in passing at some Scandinavian material, both in Great Britain and elsewhere.

In addition to these detailed studies of inscriptions, and of the runic fuporc, 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, presenting them in a clear and commonsense light and establishing new principles for their further study.

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Boydell Press
Language
English
Pages
346

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Cover of: Runes and Runic Inscriptions
Runes and Runic Inscriptions: Collected Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking Runes
1999, Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Runes and runic inscriptions
Runes and runic inscriptions: collected essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking runes
1998, Boydell Press
in English
Cover of: Runes and runic inscriptions
Runes and runic inscriptions: collected essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking runes
1995, Boydell Press
in English

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Edition Notes

"The published writings of R.I. Page to 1994": p. 339-346.
Includes bibliographical references.
Erratum slip laid in.

Published in
Rochester, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
430
Library of Congress
PD2014 .P34 1995, PD2014.P34 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 346 p. :
Number of pages
346

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1274304M
Internet Archive
runesrunicinscri0000page
ISBN 10
0851153879
LCCN
95005825
OCLC/WorldCat
32167900
Library Thing
2695862
Goodreads
3869995

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