Runes
Subtitle: a handbook
By: Michael P. Barnes
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Woodbridge; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781843837787
Subjects: Runes; Handbooks, manuals
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The origin of the runes; title: The older fuþark; title: Inscriptions in the older fuþark; title: The development of runes in Anglo-Saxon England and Frisia; title: The English and Frisian inscriptions; title: The development of runes in Scandinavia; title: Scandinavian inscriptions of the Viking Age; title: The late Viking-Age and medieval runes; title: Scandinavian inscriptions of the MIddle Ages; title: Runic writing in the post-Reformation era; title: Cryptic inscriptions and cryptic runes; title: Runica manuscripta and rune names; title: The making of runic inscriptions; title: The reading and interpretation of runic inscriptions; title: Runes and the imagination : literature and politics; title: A brief history of runology; title: Where to find runic inscriptions.