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Runes and Roman letters in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts / Victoria Symons.
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Symons, Victoria, 1986-
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Format
Book
Language
English
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Published/Created
Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2016]
Description
viii, 226 pages ; 25 cm.
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PD2003 .S96 2016
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Exeter book
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Inscriptions, English (Old)
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Inscriptions, Runic
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Great Britain
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Manuscripts, English (Old)
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Paleography
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History
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To 1500
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Series
Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Bd. 99.
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Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, 1866-7678 ; Band 99
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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.
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ISBN
9783110494747 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
3110494744 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2016039326
OCLC
949750728
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