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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 period. 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 20 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 information on language and social history contained in these unique documents.

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title:An Introduction to English Runes
author:Page, R. I.
publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 | asin:0851157688
print isbn13:9780851157689
ebook isbn13:9780585213842
language:English
subjectRunes, Inscriptions, Runic, Inscription, English (Old)
publication date:1999
lcc:PD2003
ddc:430
subject:Runes, Inscriptions, Runic, Inscription, English (Old)
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An Introduction to English Runes
Second Edition
R. I. Page
Emeritus Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Cambridge, and
Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
THE BOYDELL PRESS
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R. I. Page 1973, 1999
All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner
First published 1973
Second edition 1999
The Boydell Press, Woodbridge
ISBN 0 85115 768 8
The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK
and of Boydell & Brewer Inc.
PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA
website: http://www.boydell.co.uk
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Page, R. I. (Raymond Ian)
An introduction to English runes / R.I. Page. - 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: London: Methuen, 1973.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-85115-768-8
1. Runes. 2. Inscriptions, Runic. 3. Inscription,
English (Old) I. Title.
PD2003.P3 1999
430 21 - dc21
This publication is printed on acid-free paper
Printed in Great Britain by
St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Page v
Contents
List of figures
vi
Abbreviations
ix
Acknowledgments
x
Preface
xi
1
Runes and runesters
1
2
When and where
16
3
The Anglo-Saxon runic letters
38
4
Condition, preservation and record
49
5
Runica manuscripta and the rune-names
60
6
The divided futhorc and runic codes
80
7
Runic or rune-like
89
8
How to use runes
96
9
Runic coins
117
10
Rune-stones
130
11
Runes elsewhere
157
12
More manuscript runes
186
13
Anglo-Saxon and Viking
200
14
Runic and roman
212
15
The study of runes
226
Bibliography
233
Indexes
241

Page vi
Figures
1. The runes of the lost Bewcastle cross head (British Library MS Cotton Julius F.vi).
3
2. The Manchester ring, from Hickes's Thesaurus.
4
3. The Bramham Moor ring, from Drake's Eboracum.
5
4. The Chertsey bowl 'runes', from Stephens's Old-Northern Runic Monuments.
7
5. The Chessell Down scabbard mount runes.
11
6. The Caistor-by-Norwich astragalus runes.
19
7. Pre-650 runic monuments.
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