Runes and Roman letters in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts / Victoria Symons.

Author
Symons, Victoria, 1986- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Multiple languages
Published/​Created
Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2016]
Description
viii, 226 pages ; 25 cm.

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    Summary note
    "Within the corpus of surviving Old English literature is a selection of texts that combine runic and Roman script. These works range from some of the most celebrated of Old English poetry, including the riddles and elegies, to lesser studied charms and alphabet poems. This book presents the first comprehensive study of such texts, placing them in the context of developments in Anglo-Saxon literacy, writing practices, and material culture."-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Language note
    Text primarily in English with some passages in other languages.
    Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • List of abbreviations
    • Introduction
    • Anglo-Saxons and writing : a brief introduction
    • Runic writing before the fifth century
    • The runic and roman writing systems
    • English runes before and after the conversion
    • Methodology
    • Runes in old english manuscripts : the exeter book manuscript as a case study
    • Runes in the exeter book
    • Marginal runes
    • Runic abbreviations
    • Textual runes
    • Runes, riddles, and revelation
    • Conclusion
    • Reading and writing in the runic riddles and the husband's message
    • Runes in the exeter book riddles
    • Speech and the material word : Riddle 24
    • Talking about writing in Riddles 42 and 58
    • Hidden in plain sight : re-reading Riddles 19 and 64
    • The husband's message
    • The identity of the speaker
    • Interpreting the runes of the husband's message
    • Cynewulf's signatures and the materiality of the letter
    • Cynewulf's epilogues
    • Cynewulf's runic signatures
    • Problem runes and playful language
    • Names in manuscripts : scribal colophons and authorial signatures
    • Names in epigraphy
    • Writingthe cross : visual signifiers in Elene
    • The purpose of Cynewulf's epilogues
    • The power of the letter in runic charms and solomon and saturn I
    • Anglo-Saxon charms and the story of Imma
    • Letters and divine power
    • Runes in Old English charms
    • Imma meets, Ælfric
    • Runic charms and the power of language
    • Solomon and Saturn I
    • Rune lists and alphabet poems : studying the letter in later Anglo-Saxon England
    • The old english rune poem
    • Letter lists and Rune poems
    • The abecedarium nordmannicum
    • Icelandic rune poem(s)
    • The Norwegian rune poem
    • The rune poems together
    • Alphabet psalms
    • Visual ambiguities in the old english rune poem
    • Medieval writing and the internet
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
    ISBN
    • 9783110494747 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
    • 3110494744 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
    LCCN
    2016039326
    OCLC
    949750728
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