Gotland's Picture Stones
Bearers of an Enigmatic Legacy
Editor Maria Herlin Karnell
Published by Fornsalens Förlag & Gotland Museum, 2012
Gotland's picture stones have long evoked people's fascination, whether this
has been prompted by an interest in life in Scandinavia in the first millennium
or an appreciation of the beauty of the stones. The Gotlandic picture stones offer
glimpses into an enigmatic world, plentifully endowed with imagery, but they also
arouse our curiosity. What was the purpose and significance of the picture stones in
the world of their creators, and what underlying messages nestle beneath their imagery
and broader context? As a step towards elucidating some of the points at issue
and gaining an insight into current research, the Runic Research Group at the Swedish
National Heritage Board, in cooperation with Gotland Museum, arranged an
international interdisciplinary symposium in 2011, the first symposium ever to focus
exclusively on Gotland's picture stones. The articles presented in this publication are
based on the lectures delivered at that symposium.
(The text above comes from the back of the book)
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