Eamonn O Carragain
Ritual and the Rood
Eamonn O Carragain · 2005
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A brilliant and richly documented study of an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture, the "Ruthwell Cross," which is carved with scenes from the Christian Bible and with lines, written in runes, from a celebrated Old English poem about Christ's crucifixion, "The Dream of the Rood." Ó Carragáin argues that the carvings on the Ruthwell Cross can be best explained as arising from reflection by Anglo-Saxon monks and clergy on four feast days of the Virgin Mary that had been recently introduced to England from the Roman liturgy.
Book details
- Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Not Avail
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 427
- ISBN
- 9780712348751
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