Arbeiten mit Runica manuscripta : Einige Überlegungen zu Corpuserstellung und Vorgehensweise

• The corpus of Scandinavian runica manuscripta covers a period of about 1000 years and utilises different systems of reference depending on the time and place of origin. Most of the runica manuscripta, however, originate from the post-Reformation period, i.e. from a time in which runic writing had long since lost its importance as a tool of communication in favor of the Latin alphabet.Scholars working with runica manuscripta need to keep in mind a general consideration, i.e. that manuscript runes always represent a divergence from genuine runic writing due to their medium, which causes the runic graphs to undergo a realization different from that found in epigraphic records. The ductus of manuscript tradition is transferred to the runes, which very frequently show a tendency to resemble squiggles through the use of serifs or rounded and curved forms. As a result, the peculiar visual style of runic writing can be greatly distorted. Even if some of the records correspond quite closely to the epigraphic tradition, in most cases a mix of runic and Latin literacy can be observed, depending of course on the cultural background of the writers, who lived and acted in a ‘Latinized’ writing culture.For this reason, a large range of forms has arisen and, in building the corpus—or better the different corpora—scholars must constantly ponder the extent to which they will accept a deviation from the standard as a special realization of a basic graph type or will simply declare it a pseudo-rune.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Abecedarium Nordmannicum

Gørlev runestone

Latin literacy

Malt runestone

manuscript runes

runic alphabets

runic rows

runica manuscripta

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