Delve into the secrets of the runes with new course starting January

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The third of our three short courses starting in January focuses on runes – a writing system that developed in western Europe in the first millennium AD.Entitled Runology, the course is delivered online so open to anyone. It introduces...

The third of our three short courses starting in January focuses on runes – a writing system that developed in western Europe in the first millennium AD.

Entitled Runology, the course is delivered online so open to anyone. It introduces students to reading runic inscriptions and provide them with an overview of the historical and geographical distribution of runic alphabets – with a particular emphasis on examples from Orkney and Shetland.

It will also give participants a basic understanding of the Old Norse language, necessary to read runic inscriptions.

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