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Thursday, July 28, 2016

R: Stories, Poems, and Literature from the Viking Age

Runes in zoomorphic design

http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/literature/text/literature.htm

This is really cool. I have  to make a few of them for me and for sale. tdk

Wooden writing tablets provide additional evidence of the widespread use of runic writing among ordinary people. The tablet shown in the photos is a modern reproduction. The historic tablets are about 20-30cm high (about 8-12 in) and were filled with blackened wax within their raised borders. A pointed iron stylus was used to write in the wax (top right). The reproduction stylus in the photos is set in an antler which allows a nice grip and which can be used to smooth the wax and erase unwanted writing 
writing tablet


Our Facebook study group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/OgamRunicphonograms/

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