Runes Collection

Carpet tapestry and Runic inscriptions of the Vikings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by P. Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Scandinavian Runes
A priest explains to a warrior the message inscribed on a stone in Norway

Runic inscriptions of the Vikings in Britain
Runic inscriptions left by the Vikings in Britain. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Decorated horn and Runic tablets of the Vikings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Odin and Yggdrasil
Odin (Wodan), Scandinavian deity acquires the runes by hanging for nine days from the branches of the world-tree Yggdrasil (of which we have a fine engraving.)

Slab With Runes and Irish, Mahee Island - a view of a fragment of inscribed stone, excavated 1922. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Swedish rune stone
Runic stone outside the church of Tensta, Uppland. The insciption is in a transciption. Torbjorn and Torsten and Styrbjorn let raise the stone after Torfast, their father opir carved. Date: BCE

Ramslund Flat Rock
Detail of the Ramsund Flat Rock, Sodermanland Sweden telling the story of Sigurd Fafnesbane. The extensive inscription had been made by a woman named Sigrid in memory of her husband during

Tullstorps Rune Stone
The 2-metre high Rune stone (Tullstorpsstenen) at Tullstorps church cemetery Scania, Sweden from the Viking Age has pictures of a wolf and a longship

Ramsund Flat Rock
Drawing of the runic inscription at Ramsund Flat Rock, Sodermanland Sweden telling the story of Sigurd Fafnesbane. The extensive inscription had been made by a woman named Sigrid in memory of her

Runestone, Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred, Sweden
A runestone in the grounds of Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred, Sodermanland, Sweden

Standing Stones / Sweden
Standing Stones in South West Sweden

Meaning of Storms
Thunderstorms had different esoteric significances at different times of the year, so Scandinavian priests consult their runes

Writing / Runes
Runesten (= rune stone) at Vedelspang, Sonderjylland, Norway

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