Re: KRS: Nielsen/Wolter - Goter

m_zalar@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Here's something for which there was only a single paragraph in the
book, but which may have required more because of its significance:

"The first word on the Kensington Rune Stone is g:oter (Gotalanders)
has a carved word divider after "g", which is characteristic of two
runic inscriptions in Gotland at Othem Church, G 282 and G 283.  Here
the first word in both inscriptions is i:R (you) divided in the same
way.  The same feature is found in other localities, such as Og 10, So
173, So 129, So 302, So 335 (3 times), Sm 5, and Sm 145 (Unka) and
others."

The accompanying picture, clearly shows this feature, and dates the
inscription to circa 1400.  The Unka inscription is dated to 1300 (from
a photo elsewhere in the book). I have so far been unable to find
Clearly the breaking up of a word is consistant with medieval usage.

The book has placed this information under the subtopic of a
comparision of the runes of Gotland and the KRS. However, this also
seems to be solid evidence of a medieval feature on the KRS that does
not appear to be well known, and perhaps would be unknown to a 19th
century forger. 

I am trying to get a clarification on this.

The text begins "8:goter:" as is clearly seen here http://www.historiska.se/activities/press_03/pressbild/PMkensington/KensingtonDSCF0715.jpg
That N&W can claim that there is a word divider after the g says quite a lot on the reliability of their new found dots and marks IMHO.
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