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The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts
A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion PoemErgänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, Band 132 1. Aufl.
164,95 € |
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Verlag: | De Gruyter |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 24.10.2022 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9783110785470 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 423 |
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Beschreibungen
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.
<strong>Kerstin Majewski</strong>, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
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