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This is the first edition of Andreas for 55 years, also the first to present the Anglo-Saxon, or rather Old English, text with a parallel Modern English poetic translation. The book aims not only to provide both students and scholars with an up-to-date text and introduction and notes, but also to reconfirm the canonical merit of Andreas as one of the longest and most important works in Old English literature. The introduction to our text is substantial, re-positioning this poem in respect of nearly six decades' progress in the palaeography, sources and analogues, language, metrics, literary criticism and archaeology of Andreas. The book argues that the poet was Mercian, that he was making ironic reference to Beowulf and that his story of St Andrew converting pagan Mermedonian cannibals was coloured by King Alfred's wars against the Danes (871-9, 885-6, 892-6). Andreas is here dated to Alfred's later reign with such analysis of contexts in history and ideology that the author's name is also hypothesized [Aethelstan, priest of Mercia, died 927]. The Old English text and Modern English translation of Andreas are presented in a split-page format, allowing students at whatever level of familiarity with the Anglo-Saxon vernacular to gain a direct access to the poem in close to its original form. The translation follows the poem's word order and style, allowing modern readers to feel the imagination, ideology and humour of Andreas as closely as possible. The text of the Old English poem is accompanied by a full set of supporting notes, and a glossary representing the translation.

Andreas ap. --- Christian poetry, English (Old) --- Andrew, - Apostle, Saint

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Der Sammelband zielt darauf ab, das heuristische Potential von Metatexten darzustellen, die aus vergangenen Kulturen stammen. Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft, der Judaistik und der literaturwissenschaftlichen Mediävistik stellen exemplarische Analysen verschiedener Metatexte - schriftlicher Texte, die Schriftstücke thematisieren - vor.Sie fokussieren auf Erzählungen von schrifttragenden Artefakten. Damit nehmen sie die Schriftstücke, die in Metatexten vorgestellt werden, nicht nur als schriftliche Texte, sondern auch als materielle Artefakte in den Blick. Viele Metatexte beschreiben die materielle Dimension des Geschriebenen. Sie erzählen von der Größe von Handschriften oder Steintafeln und ihrer spezifischen Mobilität oder Immobilität. Sie berichten von ihrer konkreten Gestalt und deren Manipulation. Hierin liegt ein noch nicht ausgeschöpftes heuristisches Potential. Bei der Analyse schrifttragender Artefakte stehen nicht die hermeneutischen Akte der Bedeutungszuweisung im Vordergrund, sondern etwas, das "vor" der Hermeneutik liegt: es geht um eine Dimension, die hermeneutischen Akten der Bedeutungszuschreibung vorausgeht, ihnen zugrunde liegt und sie blockieren kann.

Christian literature, English (Old) --- History and criticism. --- Bible --- In literature. --- Material culture, materiality. --- writing.

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English language --- German language --- Word order. --- Grammar, Comparative --- Old High German. --- English (Old)

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This 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.

Inscriptions, English (Old) --- Inscriptions, Runic --- Manuscripts, English (Old) --- Paleography --- Handwriting --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Writing --- Diplomatics --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts --- English manuscripts, Old --- Manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon --- Manuscripts, Old English --- Old English manuscripts --- Runic inscriptions --- Inscriptions, Norse --- Runes --- Anglo-Saxon inscriptions --- English inscriptions, Old --- Inscriptions, Anglo-Saxon --- Inscriptions, Old English --- Old English inscriptions --- History --- Exeter book. --- Codex exoniensis --- Exeterbuch --- Exeter Dean and Chapter MS 3501 --- Cyncewulf. --- Old English. --- Runology. --- script-mixing.

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English language --- German language --- Germanic languages --- Ashkenazic German language --- Hochdeutsch --- Judaeo-German language (German) --- Judendeutsch language --- Judeo-German language (German) --- Jüdisch-Deutsch language --- Jüdischdeutsch language --- Word order. --- Grammar, Comparative --- Old High German. --- English (Old) --- #KVHA:Vertaalwetenschap; Engels --- #KVHA:Vertaalwetenschap; Duits