it with the mission to the Gentiles (that is, "all nations"), because seventy-two is the number of nations among the Gentiles, a multiple of the twelve tribes of Israel represented by the twelve apostles." Glossary This is a glossary of the Old English words on the casket, excluding personal names. Definitions are selected from those in Clark Hall's dictionary. See also Anglo-Saxon runes Old English rune poem Ruthwell Cross Notes References d'Ardenne, Simonne R.T.O., "Does the right side of the Franks Casket represent the burial of Sigurd?" Études Germaniques, 21 (1966), pp. 235–242. Becker, Alfred, Franks Casket: Zu den Bildern und Inschriften des Runenkästchens von Auzon. Regensburg, 1973. Becker, Alfred, Franks Casket website dated 2002, with English and German versions. Becker, Alfred, Franks Casket; Das Runenkästchen von Auzon. Magie in Bildern, Runen und Zahlen'.' Berlin 2021, ISBN 978-3-7329-0738-0. Bouman, A.C., "The Franks Casket," Neophilologus 3 (1965): 241–9. Clark, Eleanor Grace, "The Right Side of the Franks Casket," Publications of the Modern Language Association 45 (1930): 339–353. Cocco, Gabriele, "The Bowman Who Takes the Lid off the Franks Casket.", Studi anglo-norreni in onore di John S. McKinnell, ed. M. E. Ruggerini. CUED Editrice, 2009. Eichner, Heiner, Zu Franks Casket/Rune Auzon, in Alfred Bammesberger, ed., Old English Runes and their Continental Background (= Altenglische Forschngen 217). Heidelberg, 1991, pp. 603–628. Elliott, Ralph W.V., Runes: An Introduction. Manchester University Press, 1959. Green, Miranda Jane, Celtic Myths. British Museum Press, 1993. Henderson, George, Early Medieval Art, 1972, rev. 1977, Penguin, pp. 156–158. Hough, Carole and John Corbett, Beginning Old English. Palgrave, 2013. Howlett, David R., British Books in Biblical Style. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1997. Krause, Wolfgang, "Erta, ein anglischer Gott", Die Sprache 5; Festschrift Havers (1959), 46–54. Napier, Arthur S., in An English Miscellany, in honor of Dr. F.J. Furnivall, Oxford, 1901. Neuman de Vegvar, Carol L. "The Travelling Twins: Romulus and Remus in Anglo-Saxon England." Ch. 21 in Jane Hawkes and Susan Mills, eds., Northumbria's Golden Age, Sutton Publishing, Phoenix Mill Thrupp, Strand, Gloucestershire, 1999, pp. 256–267. Osborn, Marijane. "The Seventy-Two Gentiles and the Theme of the Franks Casket." Neuphilologische Mitteilungen: Bulletin de la Société Néophilologique/ Bulletin of the Modern Language Society 92 (1991a): 281–288. Osborn, Marijane. "The Lid as Conclusion of the Syncretic Theme of the Franks Casket," in A. Bammesberger (ed.), Old English Runes and their Continental Background, Heidelberg 1991b, pp. 249–268. Page, R.I. An Introduction to English Runes, Woodbridge,