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Germanic runes are an important part of the history and culture of the Germanic peoples, but where they came from and when has long been debated. Drawing on archaeological evidence, their most logical origin and historical transmission path is laid out.
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Studies used for this video:
Jürgen Zeidler, “A Celtic Script in the Eastern La Tène Culture?” Études Celtiques 35, 2003, pp. 69–132.
• Ábel Garczik, “New Data on Base Marks of Late La Tène Situlae.” Dissertationes Archaeologicae 13, 2025/2026, pp. 543–561.
• Bernard Mees, “The Celts and the Origin of the Runic Script.” Studia Neophilologica 71, 1999, pp. 143–155.
• Theo Vennemann, “Origins of Runic Writing: A Comparison of Theories.” In The Linguistic Roots of Europe, 2015, pp. 291–337.
• Tom Markey, “A Tale of Two Helmets: The Negau A and B Inscriptions.” Journal of Indo-European Studies, 2001.
• David Stifter, “Ancient Celtic Epigraphy and Its Interface with Classical Epigraphy.”
• Jürgen Zeidler, “Vernacular Celtic Writing Traditions in the East-Alpine Region in the Iron Age Period.”
• Maria Grazia Tibiletti Bruno, “Vergiate e Stabio,” 1967.
• Maria Grazia Tibiletti Bruno, “Il testo di Vergiate.” Archivio Glottologico Italiano 54, 1969, pp. 182–191.
• Aldo Luigi Prosdocimi and Patrizia Solinas, “Epigrafia e linguistica preromana.” In La storia di Varese, vol. 1, Il territorio di Varese in età preistorica e protostorica, 2017, pp. 339–364.
Featuring music by Adrian von Ziegler
Germanic runes are an important part of the history and culture of the Germanic peoples, but where they came from and when has long been debated. Drawing on archaeological evidence, their most logical origin and historical transmission path is laid out.
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Studies used for this video:
Jürgen Zeidler, “A Celtic Script in the Eastern La Tène Culture?” Études Celtiques 35, 2003, pp. 69–132.
• Ábel Garczik, “New Data on Base Marks of Late La Tène Situlae.” Dissertationes Archaeologicae 13, 2025/2026, pp. 543–561.
• Bernard Mees, “The Celts and the Origin of the Runic Script.” Studia Neophilologica 71, 1999, pp. 143–155.
• Theo Vennemann, “Origins of Runic Writing: A Comparison of Theories.” In The Linguistic Roots of Europe, 2015, pp. 291–337.
• Tom Markey, “A Tale of Two Helmets: The Negau A and B Inscriptions.” Journal of Indo-European Studies, 2001.
• David Stifter, “Ancient Celtic Epigraphy and Its Interface with Classical Epigraphy.”
• Jürgen Zeidler, “Vernacular Celtic Writing Traditions in the East-Alpine Region in the Iron Age Period.”
• Maria Grazia Tibiletti Bruno, “Vergiate e Stabio,” 1967.
• Maria Grazia Tibiletti Bruno, “Il testo di Vergiate.” Archivio Glottologico Italiano 54, 1969, pp. 182–191.
• Aldo Luigi Prosdocimi and Patrizia Solinas, “Epigrafia e linguistica preromana.” In La storia di Varese, vol. 1, Il territorio di Varese in età preistorica e protostorica, 2017, pp. 339–364.
Featuring music by Adrian von Ziegler
