Texts & Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions (Northern World, 4)

Texts & Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions (Northern World, 4)

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Book Description
This volume gathers all older fuþark inscriptions found in Denmark, Germany, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary, Bosnia, Rumania, Norway and Sweden. It contains essays on early runic writing, the historical and archaeological contexts of runic objects, and a new theory on the origin of runic writing. The book contains also a catalogue of the runic inscriptions found in the regions mentioned above. The catalogue gives datings, readings and interpretations, plus limited graphic, orthographic and linguistic analyses of the inscriptions from the above mentioned corpora, complete with concise bibliographical references. The overall aim has been to provide the reader with a practical survey of the oldest inscripti-ons from the aforementioned areas, together with relevant archaeological and cultural-historical data. The book is particularly useful for runologists, students and others interested in runes, such as archaeologists, historians, linguists and amateurs. It is actually a handbook covering all older runic inscriptions and their context.

About the Author
Tineke J.H. Looijenga, Ph.D. (1997) in Historical Linguistics, is Senior Consultant at the University of Groningen. She has published extensively on runes and runic inscriptions.

Texts & Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions (Northern World, 4),Tineke Looijenga,Brill Academic Publishers,9004123962,Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books,German,History,History: World,Inscriptions, Runic,Interior Design - General,Medieval,Runes

Book Contents:

1. The "Ancient Supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan and the Battle for Balkh, 1731-1901 (Islamic History and Civilization , No 15)
2. The Anthropology of Johannes Scottus Eriugena (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
3. The Aphidoidea: Family Aphididae - Tribe Macrosiphini of Subfamily Aphidinae (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica)
4. The Berlin Commentary on Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Philologiae Et Mercurii, Book I (Mittellateinische Studien Und Texte)
5. The Berlin Refuge, 1680-1780: Learning and Science in European Context (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
6. The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric: Classroom Exercises (Writings from the Greco-Roman World, 2)
7. The Crisis of Courtesy: Studies in the Conduct-Book in Britain, 1600-1900 (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
8. The Foundations of Japan's Modernization: A Comparison With China's Path Towards Modernization (Brill's Japanese Studies Library)
9. The Frontier Mission and Social Transformation in Western Honduras: The Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 1525-1773 (Studies in Christian Mission)
10. The King As Exemplar: The Function Of Deuteronomy's Kingship Law In The Shaping Of The Book Of Psalms (Society of Biblical Literature Academia Biblica)

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