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Runic traditions.
Inscriptions, alphabets and symbolic readings.
THE CONTEXT
A named point of entry.
Historical runic writing and contemporary symbolic readings provide different starting points. The British Museum’s inscribed seax is a material reference for a runic alphabet. Retain the distinction between an inscription, its transliteration and a later interpretation.
A WAY TO STUDY
Keep the source in view.
Identify the rune set or historical object. Copy the signs in order and name the transliteration convention. Attribute any symbolic meanings to the source that supplies them.
TECHNIQUES IN THIS PATHWAY