TY - BOOK AU - Majewski,Kerstin TI - The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts: A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem T2 - Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , SN - 9783110785395 U1 - 829.109 PY - 2022///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Altenglisch + Literatur KW - Epigraphik KW - Kreuz KW - Mittelalter KW - Runen KW - HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066) KW - bisacsh KW - Middle Ages KW - Old English literature KW - cross KW - epigraphy KW - runes N1 - 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; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110785449 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110785449 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110785449/original ER -