Runes and their Origin
Subtitle: Denmark and elsewhere
By: Erik Moltke ; [translated by Peter G. Foote].
Contributors: Nationalmuseet (Denmark)
Edition: 1st English ed., updated and rev.
Publisher: National Museum of Denmark; Nationalmuseets Forlag
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Copenhagen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 554
Subjects: Inscriptions, Runic.; Runes.; Inscriptions, Runic -- Denmark.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 510-511) and indexes.
Translation of: Runerne i Danmark og deres oprindelse.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Runic Writing
pagenum: 21; title: What are runes?
pagenum: 23; title: The three runic periods and their alphabets
pagenum: 24; title: The names of the runes
pagenum: 36; title: The origins of the runes
pagenum: 38; label: 2
title: The Inscriptions
pagenum: 75; title: Period 1. Roman Iron Age and the Migration Age
pagenum: 76; title: Period 2. The Viking Age
pagenum: 148; title: Period 3. The Middle Ages
pagenum: 398; title: Runic Studies in Denmark
pagenum: 504; title: Runes and Runic Writings: a select bibliography
pagenum: 510; title: General Index
pagenum: 512