
Ritual and the Rood
Liturgical Images and the Old English Poems
Eamonn O Carragain(Author)
The British Library Publishing Division
Published on 1. May 2005
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7123-4875-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with four important surviving artefacts from Anglo-Saxon England: the eighth-century stone cross still standing at Ruthwell, in Scotland; the related cross-shaft at Bewcastle; the poem 'Dream of the Rood'; and the early 11th-century metal reliquary cross preserved in the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudule in Brussels, Belgium.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
British Library Publishing
Illustrations
20 colour and 100 b/w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 176 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7123-4875-1 (9780712348751)
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Person
Professor of Olden Middle English at University College Cork, Eamonn O Carragain has published widely on Anglo-Saxon poetry and on the city of Rome. His published work includes The City of Rome and the World of Bede (Jarrow Lecture, 1994).