{"product_id":"9783110785395","title":"The Ruthwell Cross and its Texts : A New Reconstruction and an Edition of The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem. Dissertationsschrift (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 132) (2022. XXVI, 397 S. 39 b\/w ill., 44 b\/w tbl. 240 mm)","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. \u003cstrong\u003eKerstin Majewski\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München.","brand":"DE GRUYTER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49837837975800,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":411.25,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9783110785395-1.jpg?v=1783774639","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9783110785395","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}