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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (X, 226 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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