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In the Middle Ages, the Roman alphabet and runes lived side by side. A new doctoral thesis challenges the notion that runes represent more of an oral and less of a learned form of written language. "Here rests Bishop Peter' might have been.

Johan bollaertBishop peterUniversity of oslo inscriptionsDepartment of linguisticsMiddle agesBishop peterSenior lecturerMedieval epigraphyOld norseNidaros cathedralGreat norwegian encyclopedia