Texts & contexts of the oldest Runic inscriptions / / by Tineke Looijenga

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826379603321
• Autore: Looijenga Tineke
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2003
• ISBN: 1-280-46653-7; 9786610466535; 1-4237-1186-6; 90-474-0128-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (429 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: The northern world, , 1569-1462 ; ; v. 4
• Disciplina: 430
• Soggetti: Inscriptions, Runic; Runes - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-377) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of abbreviations; List of maps; CHAPTER ONE: RUNES, RUNOLOGY AND RUNOLOGISTS; CHAPTER TWO: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND RUNES; CHAPTER THREE: ON THE ORIGIN OF RUNES; CHAPTER FOUR: SUMMARY AND SOME CONCLUSIONS; CATALOGUE; APPENDIX: SWEDISH AND NORWEGIAN INSCRIPTIONS IN THE OLDER FUÞARK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; PLATE SECTION
• Sommario/riassunto: This work gathers all older fufark inscriptions found in Denmark, Germany, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary, Bosnia, Rumania, Norway and Sweden. It includes essays on early runic writing, the contexts of runic objects, and a theory on the origin of runic writing.