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Studies in Upplandic Runography / Claiborne W. Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1975Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292769410
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 439.6
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- FIGURES -- PLATES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formulation -- 3. Design -- 4. Rune Forms -- 5. Orthography and Language -- 6. Technical Considerations -- 7. Runographers, Attributions, and the Five Criteria -- 8. Asmund Karasun -- 9. Appendix: Previous Studies -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- INDEX OF INSCRIPTIONS
Summary: Studies in Upplandic Runography is a detailed treatment of the runic inscriptions from the province of Uppland, Sweden, where runic art reached a high point in A.D. 1200 and where runic inscriptions are most numerous. Most of the runic monuments discussed are from the eleventh century, an important period when Sweden was making the transition from paganism to Christianity. The names of nearly fifty rune-carvers (runographers), professional and amateur, are known. However, many of the inscriptions were left unsigned. Claiborne Thompson examines the major problem of how an unsigned inscription is attributed to a known carver. Since each carver had a distinctive style which must be delineated, the book contains an exhaustive survey of the norms of Upplandic runography. In order to match the inscriptions with their carvers, Thompson analyzes the entire corpus of inscriptions from Uppland, their formation, the artistic designs they bear, the shapes of the runes on them, the orthography and language on them, and the manner in which they were carved. Thompson then establishes a set of criteria for determining the authorship of a runic monument, stressing rune forms. All of the criteria are used in an extensive discussion of the carvings of Asmund Karasun, an interesting and influential carver from the first half of the eleventh century. In addition, Thompson’s review of research describes scholarly interest in the problems of runography beginning in the early seventeenth century. The book includes an introductory sketch of the cultural background of Uppland and relates the runic tradition to historical and cultural traditions in eleventh-century Sweden.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- FIGURES -- PLATES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formulation -- 3. Design -- 4. Rune Forms -- 5. Orthography and Language -- 6. Technical Considerations -- 7. Runographers, Attributions, and the Five Criteria -- 8. Asmund Karasun -- 9. Appendix: Previous Studies -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- INDEX OF INSCRIPTIONS

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Studies in Upplandic Runography is a detailed treatment of the runic inscriptions from the province of Uppland, Sweden, where runic art reached a high point in A.D. 1200 and where runic inscriptions are most numerous. Most of the runic monuments discussed are from the eleventh century, an important period when Sweden was making the transition from paganism to Christianity. The names of nearly fifty rune-carvers (runographers), professional and amateur, are known. However, many of the inscriptions were left unsigned. Claiborne Thompson examines the major problem of how an unsigned inscription is attributed to a known carver. Since each carver had a distinctive style which must be delineated, the book contains an exhaustive survey of the norms of Upplandic runography. In order to match the inscriptions with their carvers, Thompson analyzes the entire corpus of inscriptions from Uppland, their formation, the artistic designs they bear, the shapes of the runes on them, the orthography and language on them, and the manner in which they were carved. Thompson then establishes a set of criteria for determining the authorship of a runic monument, stressing rune forms. All of the criteria are used in an extensive discussion of the carvings of Asmund Karasun, an interesting and influential carver from the first half of the eleventh century. In addition, Thompson’s review of research describes scholarly interest in the problems of runography beginning in the early seventeenth century. The book includes an introductory sketch of the cultural background of Uppland and relates the runic tradition to historical and cultural traditions in eleventh-century Sweden.

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In English.

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