The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts
A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem
Seiten
2022
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-078539-5 (ISBN)
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-078539-5 (ISBN)
The Ruthwell Cross is one of the finest Anglo-Saxon high crosses that have come down to us. The longest epigraphic text in the Old English Runes Corpus is inscribed on two sides of the monument: it forms an alliterative poem, in which the Cross itself narrates the crucifixion episode. Parts of the inscription are irrevocably lost. This study establishes a historico-cultural context for the Ruthwell Cross’s texts and sculptures. It shows that The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem is an integral part of a Christian artefact but also an independent text. Although its verses match closely with lines of The Dream of the Rood in the Vercelli Book, a comparative analysis gives new insight into their complex relationship. An annotated transliteration of the runes offers intriguing information for runologists. Detailed linguistic and metrical analyses finally yield a new reconstruction of the lost runes. All in all, this study takes a fresh look at the Ruthwell Cross and provides the first scholarly edition of the reconstructed Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem—one of the earliest religious poems of Anglo-Saxon England. It will be of interest to scholars and students of historical linguistics, medieval English literature and culture, art history, and archaeology.
Kerstin Majewski, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde ; 132 |
| Zusatzinfo | 39 b/w ill., 44 b/w tbl. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin/Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 828 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Schlagworte | Altenglisch + Literatur • Cross • Epigraphik • Epigraphy • Kreuz • Middle Ages • Mittelalter • Old English Literature • Runen • Runes |
| ISBN-10 | 3-11-078539-0 / 3110785390 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-11-078539-5 / 9783110785395 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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