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Runes employ many techniques from informal scratchings to sophisticated inlaid designs on weapons, or the exquisite relief carvings of the Franks Casket. This book tells the story of runes from their mysterious origins, their development as a script, to their use and meaning in the modern world.

Runes

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    A Paperback / softback by Martin Findell

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      Publisher British Museum Press
      Published 24 March 2014
      ISBN-13 9780714180298
      978-0714180298
      ISBN-10 0714180297
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      Language: history and general works Writing systems, alphabets, scripts Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Runes employ many techniques from informal scratchings to sophisticated inlaid designs on weapons, or the exquisite relief carvings of the Franks Casket. This book tells the story of runes from their mysterious origins, their development as a script, to their use and meaning in the modern world.

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