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Rune Collection

Background imageRune Collection: Kirsten Svendsdatter Finds the Gold Horn at Gallehus on 20 July 1639, 1859. Creator: Niels Simonsen

Kirsten Svendsdatter Finds the Gold Horn at Gallehus on 20 July 1639, 1859. Creator: Niels Simonsen
Kirsten Svendsdatter Finds the Gold Horn at Gallehus on 20 July 1639, 1859. (In 1639, a young peasant woman discovered a golden horn sticking out of the ground near her home in Denmark)

Background imageRune Collection: The Three Norns, 1844. Creator: Johan Ludvig Gebhard Lund

The Three Norns, 1844. Creator: Johan Ludvig Gebhard Lund
The Three Norns, 1844. (Deities in Norse mythology.)

Background imageRune Collection: King Canute the Dane, 1732. Creator: George Vertue

King Canute the Dane, 1732. Creator: George Vertue
King Canutethe Dane, 1732. Portrait of Cnut the Great in an oval frame surmounted by a coat of arms, with runes, flaming torches, swords, arrows and coins

Background imageRune Collection: Thorleif Hmakkis cross at Braddan on the Isle of Man

Thorleif Hmakkis cross at Braddan on the Isle of Man, done in the Mammen style with five interlaced dragons. The runes read Thorli and Hualdi erected this cross to the memory of Fiac his son

Background imageRune Collection: The Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century

The Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century
A side panel of the Franks Casket, showing Romulus and Remus with the wolf, from the British Museums collection.Side panel from The Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century

Background imageRune Collection: Roskitil cross-fragment on the Isle of Man, 10th century

Roskitil cross-fragment on the Isle of Man, 10th century
The Roskitil cross-fragment, found at Kirk Braddan on the Isle of Man. The runes read ?but Rossketill betrayed him in a truce his own oath-fellow, 10th century

Background imageRune Collection: Earliest known example of Oghams and Runes in Ireland, 11th century

Earliest known example of Oghams and Runes in Ireland, 11th century
Earliest known example of Oghams and Runes in Ireland, carved by a Christianised Norseman, probably as an act of expiation. At Killaloe Cathedral in County Clare, Ireland, 11th century

Background imageRune Collection: Viking runes on a gravestone

Viking runes on a gravestone to a churchyard in Sweden

Background imageRune Collection: Viking Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man, 10th century

Viking Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man, 10th century
Detail of Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man - note the runes on the edge. The figure bears a fish (a Christian symbol) and a cross, and tramples on a serpent, 10th century

Background imageRune Collection: Bewcastle Anglo-Saxon Cross, 7th century

Bewcastle Anglo-Saxon Cross, 7th century
An elaborate Anglo-Saxon cross from Bewcastle, Cumbria. Runes are visible in the centre, 7th century

Background imageRune Collection: Gold bracteate, Germanic Iron Age, Denmark, c500

Gold bracteate, Germanic Iron Age, Denmark, c500

Background imageRune Collection: Womans Grave, Himlingoje, Denmark, Iron Age, c200-400

Womans Grave, Himlingoje, Denmark, Iron Age, c200-400

Background imageRune Collection: Stone with Runes & Celtic Oghams, Killaloe Church, Co. Clare, Eire

Stone with Runes & Celtic Oghams, Killaloe Church, Co. Clare, Eire
Stone with Runes & Celtic Oghams, Killaloe Church, Co.Clare, Eire


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