Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Table of contents VII
4. List of Abbreviations IX
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Runes in Old English Manuscripts: The Exeter Book Manuscript as a Case Study 17
7. 2. Reading and Writing in the Runic Riddles and The Husband’s Message 45
8. 3. Cynewulf’s Signatures and the Materiality of the Letter 85
9. 4. The Power of the Letter in Runic Charms and Solomon and Saturn I 121
10. 5. Rune Lists and Alphabet Poems: Studying the Letter in Later Anglo-Saxon England 157
11. 6. Conclusion 193
12. Bibliography 203
13. Index 221