Description: Further DetailsTitle: Runes: a HandbookCondition: NewISBN-10: 1783276975EAN: 9781783276974ISBN: 9781783276974Publisher: The Boydell PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/27/2022Description: Offers a full introduction to and survey of runes and runology: their history, how they were used, and their interpretation.Runes, often considered magical symbols of mystery and power, are in fact an alphabetic form of writing. Derived from one or more Mediterranean prototypes, they were used by Germanic peoples to write different kinds of Germanic language, principally Anglo-Saxon and the various Scandinavian idioms, and were carved into stone, wood, bone, metal, and other hard surfaces; types of inscription range from memorials to the dead, through Christian prayers and everyday messages to crude graffiti. First reliably attested in the second century AD, runes were in due course supplanted by the roman alphabet, though in Anglo-Saxon England they continued in use until the early eleventh century, inScandinavia until the fifteenth (and later still in one or two outlying areas). This book provides an accessible, general account of runes and runic writing from their inception to their final demise. It also covers modern uses of runes, and deals with such topics as encoded texts, rune names, how runic inscriptions were made, runological method, and the history of runic research. A final chapter explains where those keen to see runic inscriptions can most easily find them. Professor MICHAEL P, BARNES is Emeritus Professor of Scandinavian Studies, University College London.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 244mmItem Length: 172mmAuthor: Michael P. BarnesGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityItem Weight: 461gRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Runes: a Handbook
Title: Runes: a Handbook
ISBN-10: 1783276975
EAN: 9781783276974
ISBN: 9781783276974
Release Date: 05/27/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Runes: a Handbook
Language: English
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: German, Linguistics / General, Europe / Medieval
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 16.3 Oz
Type: Language Course
Author: Michael P. Barnes
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback