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An Introduction to English Runes

Door R.I. Page

Categorie	Taalkunde & Woordenboeken
Boeknummer	#348700-VD30
Titel	An Introduction to English Runes
Auteur	Page, R.I.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	The Boydell Press
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	085115946X
ISBN13	9780851159461
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, b.w illustrations, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Introduction to the use of runes as a practical script for a variety of purposes in Anglo-Saxon England. Introduction to the use of runes as a practical script for a variety of purposes in Anglo-Saxon England. Runes are quite frequently mentioned in modern writings, usually imprecisely as a source of mystic knowledge, power or insight. This book sets the record straight. It shows runes working as a practical script for a variety of purposes in early English times, among both indigenous Anglo-Saxons and incoming Vikings. In a scholarly yet readable way it examines the introduction of the runic alphabet (the futhorc) to England in the fifth and sixth centuries, the forms and values of its letters, and the ways in which it developed, up until its decline at the end of the Anglo-Saxon perio... (Lees verder)d. It discusses how runes were used for informal and day-to-day purposes, on formal monuments, as decorative letters in prestigious manuscripts, for owners' or makers' names on everyday objects, perhaps even in private letters. For the first time, the book presents, together with earlier finds, the many runic objects discovered over the last twenty years, with a range of inscriptions on bone, metal and stone, even including tourists' scratched signatures found on the pilgrimage routes through Italy. It gives an idea of the immense range of informationon language and social history contained in these unique documents. The late R. I. PAGE was former Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge.
Pagina's	249
Conditie	Goed — Corners front cover slightly mworn.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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