The Rök Runestone features 'tent runes' in its uppermost row. Centered in the bottom row is a hook rune. Cipher runes are the cryptographical replacement of the letters of the runic alphabet. Several schemes have been in use. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (515x920, 90 KB)my own pic for wikipedia. ...
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A black-and-white rendition of the text on one side of the Rök Stone. ...
The Enigma machine, used by Germany in World War II, implemented a complex cipher to protect sensitive communications. ...
Younger Futhark inscription on the Vaksala Runestone The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles. ...
The tent runes are based on strokes added to the four arms of an X shape: Each X represents two runes and is read clockwise, the strokes on the first arm representing the aett (row of eight runes), the strokes on the second arm the number within that aett.
The branch runes are similar, the strokes being attached to a vertical stem and branching upwards. Strokes on the left indicate the aett, and strokes on the right the number within the aett.
There are variants of these two schemes, such as inverting the numbers (counting backwards the aetts, and the runes within the aetts). Tree runes and hook runes are like branch runes, with the strokes pointing downward diagonally and curving downward, respectively.
There are a number of runestones using such devices of obscuring the inscription, especially found on the Orkneys. A rune stone Rune stones are somewhat flat standing stones with runic stone carvings from the Iron Age (Viking Age) and early middle ages found in most parts of Scandinavia. ...
The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ...
A comparable system of letter modification is that of the Ogham "scales" recorded in the Ogam Tract. Ogham (Old Irish Ogam) was an alphabet used primarily to represent Gaelic languages. ...
In Lebor Ogaim (the book of Ogams), also known as the Ogam Tract, is an Old Irish treatise on the Ogham alphabet. ...
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