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Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions

Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions

Spurkland, Terje
Van Der Hoek, Betsy

Paperback

GermanArchaeologyGeneral European History

ISBN10: 1843835045
ISBN13: 9781843835042
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Published: Nov 17 2009
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Readable, enjoyable and provides a clear overview of runes and their importance to reading the past. EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Runes, a unique functional writing system, exclusive to northern and eastern Europe, were used for some 1300 years in Scandinavia, from about AD 200 till around the end of the fourteenth century, when the runic alphabet finally gave way to the modern writing system. They were not written, but carved - in stone, and on jewellery, weapons, utensils and wood. The content of the inscriptions is very varied, from owner and carpenter attributions on artefacts to memorials to the deceased on erected stones; contrary to popular belief, they are not necessarily magical or mystical, and the post-it notes of today have their forerunners in such runic reminders as: Buy salt, and don't forgetgloves for Sigrid. The typical medieval runic inscription varies from the deeply religious to the highly trivial [or perhaps crucial], such as I slept with Vigdis when I was in Stavanger.

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