Ritual and the Rood

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.

שנה

2005

שפה

English

הוצאה

Not Avail

מהדורות

1

עמודים

427

ISBN

9780712348751

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata