staveless runes
...that in the late 17th century, the staveless runes of Scandinavia were purported to be the origin of stenography?
...that in the late <a href="./17th_century" id="mwFdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="17th century">17th century</a>, the <b id="mwFdk"><a href="./Staveless_runes" id="mwFdo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Staveless runes">staveless runes</a></b> (<i id="mwFds"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Rune_stone" id="mwFdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rune stone">rune stone</a> pictured</i>) of <a href="./Scandinavia" id="mwFd0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a> were purported to be the origin of <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Stenography" id="mwFd4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stenography">stenography</a>?