The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts
A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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.
Autoren-Porträt von Kerstin Majewski
Kerstin Majewski, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Kerstin Majewski
- 2022, XXVI, 397 Seiten, 44 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 17,5 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: De Gruyter
- ISBN-10: 3110785390
- ISBN-13: 9783110785395
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.10.2022
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Englisch
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