An Introduction to English Runes
- ISBN-10
- 085115946X
- ISBN-13
- 9780851159461
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 249
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Author
- Raymond Ian Page
Description
Introduction to the use of runes as a practical script for a variety of purposes in Anglo-Saxon England.
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