Michael P. Barnes

Runes: A Handbook

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a full introduction to and survey of runes and runology: their history, how they were used, and their interpretation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 172mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781783276974
• ISBN-10: 1783276975
• Artikelnr.: 62915863

Autorenporträt

Michael P. Barnes

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The origin of the runes The older futhark Inscriptions in the
older futhark The development of runes in Anglo-Saxon England and Frisia
The English and Frisian inscriptions The development of runes in
Scandinavia Scandinavian inscriptions of the Viking Age The late Viking-Age
and medieval runes Scandinavian inscriptions of the Middle Ages Runic
writing in the post-Reformation era Cryptic inscriptions and cryptic runes
Runica manuscripta and rune names The making of runic inscriptions The
reading and interpretation of runic inscriptions Runes and the imagination:
literature and politics A brief history of runology Where to find runic
inscriptions Glossary Phonetic and phonemic symbols The articulation of
speech sounds Transliteration conventions The spelling of edited texts
Index of inscriptions