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Runes employ many techniques from informal scratchings to sophisticated inlaid designs on weapons, or the exquisite relief carvings of the Franks Casket. This book tells the story of runes from their mysterious origins, their development as a script, to their use and meaning in the modern world.
Runes
$20.80
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2014
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Summary
From late antiquity through to the early middle ages, people across north-western Europe were inscribing runes on a range of different objects. Once identified and interpreted by experts, runes provide us with invaluable evidence for the early ‘Germanic’ languages - including English, Dutch, German and the Scandinavian languages - and reveal a wealth of information about our early civilisations. Runes employ many techniques from informal scratchings to sophisticated inlaid designs on weapons,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780714180298 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0714180297 |
| Author: | Martin Findell |
| Publisher: | British Museum Press |
| Imprint: | British Museum Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 147mm |
| Series: | Ancient languages |
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