Description
| Product ID: | 9781838863197 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Chinese Bound |
| Title: | Runes Illustrated |
| Authors: | Author: Rachel Newcombe |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Industrial / commercial art & design, Writing systems, alphabets, European history, History, Social and cultural history, Fortune-telling and divination, Gift books, Writing systems, alphabets, European history, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Social & cultural history, Fortune-telling & divination, Gift books, Europe, Asia, Africa, The Americas, Australasia, Oceania & other land areas, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Runes are a popular tool for understanding the present and divining the future. Divided into three, showing how to use runes, the full runic alphabet and runestones, Runes Illustrated provides a compact, accessible guide in traditional Chinese binding – this book will fascinate anyone interested in this ancient writing form and its uses today. An alphabet developed by Germanic and Nordic peoples during ancient times, runes were used to represent both simple things and more complex concepts, providing a written form of communication before the latin alphabet was adopted. Today, reading runes are a popular tool for understanding the present and divining the future. Divided into two broad chapters, showing how to use runes, and outlining the full runic alphabet as well as a section on standing runestones, Runes Illustrated provides a compact, accessible guide to this ancient reading system. Discover the basic three rune layout, and how it can help bring clarity when seeking guidance; learn how to arrange the runes in a five rune cast, which offers a more complex reading; discover Uruz, U, which means a wild ox in Elder Futhark, the oldest runic alphabet; and see how runic inscriptions were combined on standing stones to mark burial sites and the deeds of great warriors. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with 120 illustrations and photographs of runes, rune readings and runestones, this book will fascinate anyone interested in this ancient writing form and its uses today. |
| Imprint Name: | Amber Books |
| Publisher Name: | Amber Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-09-14 |
