Anglo-Saxon Runes
John. M. Kemble
Kemble's essay On Anglo-Saxon Runes first appeared in the journal
Archaeologia for 1840; it draws on the work of Wilhelm Grimm,
but breaks new ground for Anglo-Saxon studies in his survey of the Ruthwell
Cross and the Cynewulf poems. It is an expression both of his own indomitable
spirit and of the fascination and mystery of the Runes themselves, making
it an attractive introductions to the topic.
For this edition new notes have been supplied by Bill Griffiths, which
include translations of Latin and Old English material quoted in the
text, to make this key work in the study of runes more accessible to
the general reader.
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A5 ISBN 0-9516209-1-6 80 pages