
The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts
A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem
Kerstin Majewski(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. October 2022
Book
Hardback
XXVI, 397 pages
978-3-11-078539-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
44 s/w Tabellen, 39 Abbildungen
39 ill., 44 tbl.
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
828 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-078539-5 (9783110785395)
Schweitzer Classification
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Kerstin Majewski
The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts
A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem
E-Book
10/2022
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€184.95
Available for download

Kerstin Majewski
The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts
A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem
E-Book
10/2022
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€174.95
Available for download
Person
Kerstin Majewski
, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.