Medievalists.net » Runes http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 What’s New in Scandinavian Rune Stones http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/23/whats-new-in-scandinavian-rune-stones/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/23/whats-new-in-scandinavian-rune-stones/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2015 01:42:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61280 Danielle Turner reports on the papers from the session The World of Images of the Scandinavian Rune Stones

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/23/whats-new-in-scandinavian-rune-stones/feed/ 0 13th-century Rune Stick discovered in Denmark http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/04/13th-century-rune-stick-discovered-in-denmark/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/04/13th-century-rune-stick-discovered-in-denmark/#comments Mon, 04 May 2015 16:48:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58034 Archaeologists working in the Danish city of Odense have discovered a rune stick with Latin writing dating to the early 13th century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/04/13th-century-rune-stick-discovered-in-denmark/feed/ 0 The Rök Stone – Riddles and answers http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/02/the-rok-stone-riddles-and-answers/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/02/the-rok-stone-riddles-and-answers/#comments Sun, 03 May 2015 04:18:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57985 Challenges to the mind were popular at the Frankish court at the time of the Rök Stone. Due to the political situation in Scandinavia at that time the stone was made in a combined Swedish and international context. The methods of the stone are clearly influenced by the Frankish renaissance initiated by Alcuin of York.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/02/the-rok-stone-riddles-and-answers/feed/ 0 The Anglo-Saxon runic poem: a critical reassessment http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/anglo-saxon-runic-poem-critical-reassessment/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/anglo-saxon-runic-poem-critical-reassessment/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:59:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54513 I consider the runic poem in its most basic form, as a runic alphabet, and compare its runes and rune-names with the other Anglo-Saxon runic material collected in the Thesaurus.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/anglo-saxon-runic-poem-critical-reassessment/feed/ 0 Ancient Viking Art http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/18/ancient-viking-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/18/ancient-viking-art/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2014 02:09:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51957 These skilled warriors and seamen had a unique art. Probably the best known artifices of them are the tombstones with engraved drawings; most of them preserve writings with rune scripts and therefore they are called runastones.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/18/ancient-viking-art/feed/ 0 Primstav and Apocalypse Time and its Reckoning in Medieval Scandinavia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/22/primstav-apocalypse-time-reckoning-medieval-scandinavia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/22/primstav-apocalypse-time-reckoning-medieval-scandinavia/#comments Thu, 22 May 2014 07:58:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49709 This work is intended as an exploration of methods of time-reckoning and conception in Medieval Scandinavia. In the main this is tied to the dynamism between a duality: that of the cyclical and linear models of time‟s progression. Involved in this study are sources verbal and pictoral.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/22/primstav-apocalypse-time-reckoning-medieval-scandinavia/feed/ 0 The Anglo-Saxon Name for the s-Rune: Sigel, a Precious Jewel http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/anglo-saxon-name-s-rune-sigel-precious-jewel/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/anglo-saxon-name-s-rune-sigel-precious-jewel/#comments Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:36:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47821 The Anglo-Saxon rune-name sigel has been interpreted as meaning ‘sun’. In some contexts Old English sigel does refer to the sun, in others it means ‘clasp’, ‘brooch’, or ‘jewel’. All these meanings, however, are difficult to reconcile with the maritime imagery of the Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem’s sigel stanza.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/anglo-saxon-name-s-rune-sigel-precious-jewel/feed/ 0 Christian Prayers and Invocations in Scandinavian Runic Inscriptions from the Viking Age and Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/christian-prayers-and-invocations-in-scandinavian-runic-inscriptions-from-the-viking-age-and-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/christian-prayers-and-invocations-in-scandinavian-runic-inscriptions-from-the-viking-age-and-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:57:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47399 Many runic inscriptions from the Viking Age and Middle Ages are directly related to Christian culture — they originate from a period during which Christianity was introduced and gradually institutionalized.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/christian-prayers-and-invocations-in-scandinavian-runic-inscriptions-from-the-viking-age-and-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Norse Rune code cracked http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/07/norse-rune-code-cracked/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/07/norse-rune-code-cracked/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 19:41:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47395 A scholar of the University of Oslo has cracked one of the rune codes used by the Vikings, revealing they were sending each other messages such as 'Kiss me'.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/07/norse-rune-code-cracked/feed/ 0 Runic and Latin Written Culture: Co-Existence and Interaction of Two Script Cultures in the Norwegian Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/01/runic-and-latin-written-culture-co-existence-and-interaction-of-two-script-cultures-in-the-norwegian-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/01/runic-and-latin-written-culture-co-existence-and-interaction-of-two-script-cultures-in-the-norwegian-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 01 Feb 2014 19:38:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47202 Runic and Latin Written Culture: Co-Existence and Interaction of Two Script Cultures in the Norwegian Middle Ages Stephanie Elisabeth Baur: zur Erlangung des Grades Magistra Artium im Fachbereich Nordische Philologie Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen: Deutsches Seminar Abteilung für Skandinavistik, Magisterarbeit, 14. Juni (2011) Abstract When Latin writing finally reached Scandinavia sometime in the 11th century, it was […]

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