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On the Origin and Early History of the Runic Script: Typology and Graphic Variation in the Older Futbark

Name: On the Origin and Early History of the Runic Script: Typology and Graphic Variation in the Older Futbark (Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi, #59)
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ISBN: 9789185352203

Bengt Odenstedt

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177 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

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Joseph F.

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May 13, 2014

I must really like this subject, because this book contained very nitty-gritty details on the actual shapes of the runes. Which shapes were common, not so common, and what were the original forms of each of the 24 characters of this 2000 year old Germanic alphabet. Many books on runes are from the new age section in bookstores. Not this one.
Learned much not only of runes, but of the formation of alphabets in general.
Recommended only for the serious runester.