Literature
Approximately 400 pages are to be read in total. Approx. 250 pages compulsory literature according to the list of articles in English below or Terje Spurkland's I begynnelsen var fu?ark. Norske runer og runeinnskrifter (Oslo 2001), depending on language preferences. In addition to this students are to read approx. 150 pages at their own choise. These selected texts may all be taken from the compendiums Runology I or II.
Compulsory literature in English:
With the exceptions of James Knirks' article "Runes and Runic Inscription" in Medieval Scandinavia, and the excerpts from Birgit Sawyer's book The Viking Age Rune-Stones, all texts on this list are to be found in the compendiums Runology I or II.
Pulsiano, Phillip: Medieval Scandinavia. An Encyclopedia., 1993. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York & London. James Knirk & al: `Runes and Runic Inscriptions`, pp. 545-555.
Moltke, Erik: Runes and their origin. Denmark and Elsewhere., 1985. National Museum of Denmark. `Runic Writing`, pp. 21-73.
Antonsen, Elmer: Runes and Germanic Linguistics, 2002. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, New York. `Sacral or Secular?`, pp.169-205.
Knirk, James (ed.): Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Runes and Runic Inscriptions, 1994. Michael Barnes: `On types of Argumentation in Runic Studies`, pp. 11-29.
Duwel, Klaus (ed.): Runeinschriften als Quellen intersisziplinarer Forschung, 1998. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin - New York. Michael Barnes: `The transitional Inscriptions`, pp. 448-461.
Jansson, Sven B.F. (ed.): Runor och runinskrifter, 1985. Almqvisr & Wiksell. Michael Barnes: `The Origin of the Younger Futhark - A Reappraisal`, pp. 29-45.
Foote & Str?mback (eds) : Proceedings of the sixth Viking Congress, 1969. Aslak Liest?l: `The Literate Vikings`, pp. 69-78.
Duwel, Klaus (ed.): Runeinschriften als Quellen intersisziplinarer Forschung, 1998. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin - New York. Judith Jesch: `Still Standing in ?gersta: Textuality and Literacy in Late Viking-Age Rune Stone Inscriptions`, pp. 462-475.
Duwel, Klaus (ed.): Runeinschriften als Quellen intersisziplinarer Forschung, 1998. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin - New York. K. Holman: `Scandinavian Runic Inscriptions as a Source for the History of the British Isles`, pp. 629-638.
Sawyer, Birgit: The Viking-Age Rune-stones. Customs and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia, Ch. 1: `The Rune-stones and their distribution`; Ch.2: `Presentation of the corpus and its subgroup; bases of analyses`; Ch.6: `Conversion`; Ch.7: `Conclusion and Future Research`.
Almqvist, B. and D. Green (eds): Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress , 1973. Einar Haugen: `The Dotted Runes`, pp. 83-92.
Seim, Karin Fjellhammer: The Bryggen Papers, Supplementary Series 2, 1988. `A Review of the Runic Material`, pp.10-23.
Higgitt, John & al.: Roman, Runes, and Ogham. Medieval Inscriptions in the Insular World and on the Continent, 2001. Shaun Tyas, Donington. Terje Spurkland: `Scandinavian Medieval Runic Inscriptions - an Interface Between Literacy and Orality?`, pp.121-128.
Runic Inscriptions
The following inscriptions are to be studied in a certain detail:
Proto Norse:
- The Kylver stone, KJ 1.
- The Tjurk? bracteat 1, KJ 136.
- ?vre Stabu spear-head, KJ 31.
- Gallehus gold horn, KJ 43.
- Str?m whetstone, KJ 50.
- The Einang stone, KJ 63.
- The Kj?levik stone, KJ 75.
- The Tune stone, KJ 72.
- The Istaby stone, KJ 98.
- The M?jbro stone, KJ 99.
From Proto Norse to the Viking Age:
- The Ribe cranium, (Stocklund 1996 in "Runologi I").
- The Eggja stone,
Viking Age:
- The G?rlev stone 1, DR 239.
- The Snoldelev stone, DR 248.
- The Jelling stone 2, DR 42.
- The Hedeby stone 3, DR 3.
- The Gripsholm stone, S? 179.
- The Taby stone, U 164.
- The Ramsund rock face, S? 101.
- The Forsa ring, Hs 7.
- The Skalby stone, U 279.
- The Alstad stone, N61 and N62.
- The Dynna stone, N68.
- The Vang stone, N84.
- The Galteland stone, N184.
- The Kuli stone, N449.
Middle Ages:
- Vinje church portal 1, N170.
- Tingvoll church plaque, N446.
- The Lom rune-stick (offer of marriage), A74.
- Bryggen in Bergen rune-stick (tag), N684.
- Bryggen in Bergen rune-stick (letter of trade), N650.
- The Ukna grave slab, Sm 145.
Some of these inscriptions may be exchanged for another. Any exchange must, however, be accepted by the teacher.
Accessories: Sourses to Norwegian runic inscriptions