Ritual and the Rood: Liturgical Images and the Old English Poems - Rilegato

Eamonn O Carragain

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ISBN 10: 0712348751 ISBN 13: 9780712348751

Casa editrice: British Library Publishing Division, 2005

Riassunto

This book deals with four important surviving artefacts from Anglo-Saxon England: the eighth-century stone cross still standing at Ruthwell, in Scotland; the related cross-shaft at Bewcastle; the poem 'Dream of the Rood'; and the early 11th-century metal reliquary cross preserved in the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudule in Brussels, Belgium.

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Recensione:

This study serves as a replacement of all previous studies of the Dream [of the Rood], the Ruthwell cross, and the Brussels processions cross, and finally unveils the remarkable genesis and the Nachleben of the theme of the talking wood.... it majestically contributes to the history of the Anglo-Saxon world in the Carolingian and Ottonian periods in relation to the continent. --Bulletin Codicologique

L'autore:

Professor of Olden Middle English at University College Cork, Eamonn O Carragain has published widely on Anglo-Saxon poetry and on the city of Rome. His published work includes The City of Rome and the World of Bede (Jarrow Lecture, 1994).

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• Editore: British Library Publishing Division
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0712348751
• ISBN 13: 9780712348751
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 427