Types of this character were first used at Stockholm in a Runic and Swedish _Alphabetarium_, printed in 1611. The fount, which was cast at the expense of the king, was afterwards acquired by the University. About the same time Runic type was used at Upsala and at Copenhagen. Voskens, at Amsterdam, had matrices about the end of the century, and it was from Holland that Junius is supposed to have procured the matrices which in 1677 he presented to Oxford. This fount appears in the _Oratio Dominica_ of 1700, and in Hickes’ _Thesaurus_, 1703–5. Mores mentions a second fount, incomplete, in James’s foundry, which, however, was lost; so that the Oxford fount remained the only one in the country. Fournier and Fry show the alphabet engraved. {73} GOTHIC. Matrices of this language were presented to Oxford by Junius in 1677. There appear to have been other matrices in Holland, as the neat Gothic type used in Chamberlayne’s _Oratio Dominica_ at Amsterdam in 1715 differs from the Oxford fount which had appeared in the edition of 1700, as well as in Hickes’ _Thesaurus_. Mores speaks of another fount in James’s foundry, whither it had come from the “Anonymous” foundry. But the matrices were lost. Caslon, however, cut a fount,[145] which appeared in his first specimen in 1734. This and the Oxford fount were the only two in England in 1820. ICELANDIC, SWEDISH AND DANISH. Founts of these characters were also included in Junius’ gift to Oxford in 1677, and were probably specially prepared in Holland. The first-named is shown in the _Oratio Dominica_ of 1700, and in Hickes’ _Thesaurus_. Printing had been practised in Iceland since 1531, when a _Breviary_ was printed at Hoolum, in types rudely cut, it is alleged, in wood. In 1574, however, metal types were provided, and several works were produced. After a period of decline, printing was revived in 1773; and in 1810 Sir George McKenzie reported that the Hoolum press possessed eight founts of type, of which two were Roman, and the remainder of the common Icelandic character, which, like the Danish and Swedish, bears a close resemblance to the German. SAXON.