{"product_id":"the-ruthwell-cross-and-its-texts-a-new-reconstruction-and-an-edition-of-the-ruthwell-crucifixion-poem-9783110785395","title":"The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts: A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516644417879,"sku":"9783110785395","price":133.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ruthwell-cross-and-its-texts-a-new-reconstruction-and-an-edition-of-the-ruthwell-crucifixion-poem-9783110785395","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}