03841nam 2200673 450 991079900010332120200520144314.03-11-049277-63-11-049192-310.1515/9783110492774(CKB)3710000000908411(MiAaPQ)EBC4718421(DE-B1597)469473(OCoLC)960976807(OCoLC)979585364(DE-B1597)9783110492774(Au-PeEL)EBL4718421(CaPaEBR)ebr11283248(CaONFJC)MIL964184(PPN)201846101(EXLCZ)99371000000090841120161026h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRunes and Roman letters in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts /Victoria SymonsBerlin, [Germany] :De Gruyter,2016.©20161 online resource (236 pages)Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde,1866-7678 ;Band 993-11-049474-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexThis 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a vacuum, and so these primary texts are considered alongside relevant epigraphic inscriptions, physical objects, and historical documents.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. Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ;Band 99.Inscriptions, English (Old)Inscriptions, RunicGreat BritainManuscripts, English (Old)PaleographyHistoryTo 1500Cyncewulf.Old English.Runology.script-mixing.Inscriptions, English (Old)Inscriptions, RunicManuscripts, English (Old)PaleographyHistory429/.11NC 1600rvkSymons Victoria1986-1520767MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910799000103321Runes and Roman letters in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts3759533UNINA