Guide to Northern archaeology / By the Royal society of northern antiquaries of Copenhagen, edited for the use of English readers by ... the Earl of Ellesmere.

  • Kongelige Nordiske oldskriftselskab (Denmark)
Date:
1848
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Credit: Guide to Northern archaeology / By the Royal society of northern antiquaries of Copenhagen, edited for the use of English readers by ... the Earl of Ellesmere. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a much more recent period, being a monograph r of the name GLAFUR, a combination of the Runes The so called stafkarlarunes were a particular species of Runes which were occasio¬ nally employed for cryptographic writing. By degrees as the intercourse between the neighbouring na¬ tions increased and the language became more cultivated, the alphabet was augmented, the new characters being in most cases formed by the addition of points to some of the older Runes. We here subjoin the Runic series thus augmented: I KhYhT =M £ fcvk H h p\ D * A B D E F G II I JKLM N '7T P R STUV Y ThO There are, however, several varieties. Another species of Runes which is likewise of importance in the study of Old Northern antiquities, is the so called Anglo-Saxon. Runes of this sort are met with on several articles found in pagan grave mounds, and on some of the Old Northern Runic stones, for example at Bleking and in Norway. As a specimen we subjoin the following, where the deviation is more remarkable: F, K, P, H, M, X, Ft, X, ¥t, X, *, h, k,W,S, X, K, P, fit, fo, ffl; And here we may remark that inscriptions in this sort of Runes occasionally present, in regard to their interpretation, far greater difficulties than those of the more common sort. To give an idea of the appearance of Runes in a connected series, or inscription, we first exhibit a specimen of an inscrip¬ tion from the Ferroe Isles, which is read from right to left: