Runes and Roman Letters in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts / / Victoria Symons.
This book presents the first comprehensive study of Anglo-Saxon manuscript texts containing runic letters. To date there has been no comprehensive study of these works in a single volume, although the need for such an examination has long been recognized. This is in spite of a growing academic inter...
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Symons, Victoria, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Runes and Roman Letters in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts / Victoria Symons. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (X, 226 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , 1866-7678 ; 99 Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Runes in Old English Manuscripts: The Exeter Book Manuscript as a Case Study -- 2. Reading and Writing in the Runic Riddles and The Husband’s Message -- 3. Cynewulf’s Signatures and the Materiality of the Letter -- 4. The Power of the Letter in Runic Charms and Solomon and Saturn I -- 5. Rune Lists and Alphabet Poems: Studying the Letter in Later Anglo-Saxon England -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This book presents the first comprehensive study of Anglo-Saxon manuscript texts containing runic letters. To date there has been no comprehensive study of these works in a single volume, although the need for such an examination has long been recognized. This is in spite of a growing academic interest in the mise-en-page of early medieval manuscripts. The texts discussed in this study include Old English riddles and elegies, the Cynewulfian poems, charms, Solomon and Saturn I, and the Old English Rune Poem. The focus of the discussion is on the literary analysis of these texts in their palaeographic and runological contexts. Anglo-Saxon authors and scribes did not, of course, operate within a vacuum, and so these primary texts are considered alongside relevant epigraphic inscriptions, physical objects, and historical documents. Victoria Symons argues that all of these runic works are in various ways thematically focused on acts of writing, visual communication, and the nature of the written word. The conclusion that emerges over the course of the book is that, when encountered in the context of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, runic letters consistently represent the written word in a way that Roman letters do not. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024) Inscriptions, English (Old). Inscriptions, Runic Great Britain. Manuscripts, English (Old). Paleography History To 1500 Great Britain. Paleography History To 1500. Cynewulf. Runologie. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. bisacsh Cyncewulf. Old English. Runology. script-mixing. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1 9783110762501 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016 9783110701005 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016 9783110485103 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Studies 2016 9783110485264 ZDB-23-DKU EPUB 9783110491920 print 9783110494747 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110492774 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110492774 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110492774/original |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Runes in Old English Manuscripts: The Exeter Book Manuscript as a Case Study -- 2. Reading and Writing in the Runic Riddles and The Husband’s Message -- 3. Cynewulf’s Signatures and the Materiality of the Letter -- 4. The Power of the Letter in Runic Charms and Solomon and Saturn I -- 5. Rune Lists and Alphabet Poems: Studying the Letter in Later Anglo-Saxon England -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Runes in Old English Manuscripts: The Exeter Book Manuscript as a Case Study -- 2. Reading and Writing in the Runic Riddles and The Husband’s Message -- 3. Cynewulf’s Signatures and the Materiality of the Letter -- 4. The Power of the Letter in Runic Charms and Solomon and Saturn I -- 5. Rune Lists and Alphabet Poems: Studying the Letter in Later Anglo-Saxon England -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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