The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts : A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem /
Majewski, Kerstin
The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts : A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem / Kerstin Majewski. - 1 online resource (XXVI, 397 p.) - Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , 132 1866-7678 ; .
Dissertation
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Symbols -- Acknowledgements -- Review of Literature -- Introduction -- Part I: The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts -- 1 The Ruthwell Cross: An Overview -- 2 The Cross in Text and Stone: Situating the Ruthwell Cross in a Particular Historical Context -- 3 The Challenge to Situate The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem in a Literary Context -- 4 Text, Material, and Memory -- 5 The Figure Sculpture and the Roman Inscriptions -- 6 The Runic Inscriptions on the Ruthwell Cross -- 7 A New Reconstruction of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem -- Part II: An Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem -- The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem -- Notes -- Glossary -- 8 Summary and Conclusion -- 9 Appendices -- 10 Bibliography -- 11 Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110785395 9783110785470 9783110785449
10.1515/9783110785449 doi
Altenglisch + Literatur.
Epigraphik.
Kreuz.
Mittelalter.
Runen.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066).
Middle Ages. Old English literature. cross. epigraphy. runes.
829.109
The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts : A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem / Kerstin Majewski. - 1 online resource (XXVI, 397 p.) - Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , 132 1866-7678 ; .
Dissertation
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Symbols -- Acknowledgements -- Review of Literature -- Introduction -- Part I: The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts -- 1 The Ruthwell Cross: An Overview -- 2 The Cross in Text and Stone: Situating the Ruthwell Cross in a Particular Historical Context -- 3 The Challenge to Situate The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem in a Literary Context -- 4 Text, Material, and Memory -- 5 The Figure Sculpture and the Roman Inscriptions -- 6 The Runic Inscriptions on the Ruthwell Cross -- 7 A New Reconstruction of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem -- Part II: An Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem -- The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem -- Notes -- Glossary -- 8 Summary and Conclusion -- 9 Appendices -- 10 Bibliography -- 11 Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110785395 9783110785470 9783110785449
10.1515/9783110785449 doi
Altenglisch + Literatur.
Epigraphik.
Kreuz.
Mittelalter.
Runen.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066).
Middle Ages. Old English literature. cross. epigraphy. runes.
829.109