Ruthwell Cross and Its Texts : A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem / Kerstin Majewski.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Majewski, Kerstin, author.

Series:

Ergänzungsbände Zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , 1866-7678 ; 132

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ruthwell Cross and Its Texts

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2022.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Dissertation LMU München 2021.

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ISBN:

9783110785449

3110785447

OCLC:

1350570652