Bautil is a fundamental Swedish
runological work by the priest,
runologist and
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
Johan Göransson, published in 1750.
The full title of the work is: ''Bautil, det är: alle Svea ok Götha rikens runstenar, upreste ifrån verldenes år 2000 til Christi år 1000; för detta, efter glorvördigast i åminnelse konung Gustaf Adolfs ok konung Karl XI:tes befallning afritade ok til största delen : uti former inskurne; men nu, efter vår allernådigaste konung Fridrich I:stas befallning ok riksens högloflige ständers begäran, med några anmärkningar utgifne af Johan Göransson.''
''Bautil'' is strongly influenced by the ideas of
Olaus Rudbeck
Olaus Rudbeck (also known as Olof Rudbeck the Elder, to distinguish him from his son, and occasionally with the surname Latinized as ''Olaus Rudbeckius'') (13 September 1630 – 12 December 1702) was a Swedish scientist and writer, professor ...
(also known as Olof Rudbeck the Elder). When he made the compilation, Göransson used drawings and transcripts made by
Johan Hadorph,
Johan Peringskiöld, Nils Wessman, Petrus Törnevall and others. It is the first collection of depictions of Swedish
runestone
A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic alphabet, runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition of erecting runestones as a memorial to dead men began in the 4th centur ...
s that was intended to be complete, and the work has been of great importance for the modern knowledge of runestones and runic inscriptions. The greatest significance of ''Bautil'' is that many now lost runestones are depicted there. It contains 1,173
woodcuts
Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with Chisel#Gouge, gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts ...
.
[Thunberg 2010, pp. 12-13.]
Digital version
''Bautil''digitized.
See also
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List of runestones
There are about 3,000 runestones in Scandinavia (out of a total of about 6,000 runic inscriptions). p. 38.
The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia:
The majority are found in Sweden, estimated at between 1,700 and 2,500 (depending ...
References
External links
''Bautil'' on Libris, National Library of Sweden
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Runology
Runestones
Rock art in Europe
Stone monuments and memorials
History of Scandinavia
Viking art
Archaeological terminology (Germanic)
Vendel Period
Germanic studies
Early Germanic literature
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