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The Codex Runicus, from around 1300, is a book of 202 parchment pages written entirely in runes. It holds the Scanian Law.
What is the Codex Runicus?
Runes were carved, not written — with one great exception. The Codex Runicus, from around 1300, is a book of 202 parchment pages written entirely in runes. It holds the Scanian Law, the oldest Nordic provincial law to survive, together with a list of Danish kings and, on its last leaf, the oldest piece of music preserved in Denmark.
Read medieval runes.
Questions
What is in the Codex Runicus?
The Scanian Law, a list of Danish kings and a piece of music.
How old is it?
From around 1300.