Runic Amulets and Magic Objects. By Mindy MacLeod and Bernard Mees. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2006. Pp. x + 278. $65.

This monograph offers a welcome but often problematic overview of the broad topic of runes and magic inscriptions. Although the authors are specifically dealing with amulets and "magic objects," they in fact make reference to a wide array of inscriptions on everything from rings to bracteates to large monuments. their cited material ranges from medieval Swiss charms to Northern Italic votive inscriptions and they use this material to establish typological comparanda for the runic inscriptions.