Runes and revelatio: Cynewulf’s Signatures Reconsidered
Runes and revelatio: Cynewulf’s Signatures Reconsidered
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符文和启示：重新考虑 Cynewulf 的签名
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10.1093/res/hgu027
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2014
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Tom Birkett
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Tom Birkett
Cynewulf的四个签名诗的作者的问题基督二世，朱莉安娜，艾琳和使徒的命运一直是古英语奖学金的常年关注，然而，尽管经常提到类似的如尼文谜语策略，签名很少被认为是在更广泛的如尼文传统的背景下。这篇文章重新审视了这四个签名段落，根据一个发达的协会的如尼文字与谜语的解决方案和双重运动的隐藏和揭示信息，一个辩证法封装在拉丁术语的神圣真理，启示的表现。在离开以前的批评，我认为，设置的colophon的解释空间是为了让读者超越表面显示的符文，鼓励拒绝世俗的名字和名声符合声明的命运的使徒，“借来的装饰品的身体将减少一样无情的水滑行了”（l。104）。符文签名是一种机制，旨在解开在解锁的真正信息的colophon的行为，建模的那种地球错位需要准备审判日。通过密切关注如尼神符的位置和版权页的语言，签名的明显所有权动机在宗教教育的背景下被重新定义。
The question of Cynewulf’s authorship of the four signed poemsChrist II,Juliana,EleneandFates of the Apostleshas been a perennial concern of Old English scholarship, yet despite frequent reference to analogous runic strategies in the riddles, the signatures are rarely considered in the context of the wider runic tradition. This article re-examines the four signature passages in light of a developed association of the runic script with riddle solutions and the dual movement of concealing and revealing information—a dialectic encapsulated in the Latin term for the manifestation of divine truth,revelatio. In a departure from previous criticism, I argue that the contemplative space of the colophon is set up to move the reader beyond the surface display of the runes, encouraging a rejection of earthly name and fame in line with the statement inFates of the Apostlesthat ‘the borrowed ornaments of the body will diminish just as inexorably as water glides away’ (l. 104). The runic signature is a mechanism designed to unravel in the very act of unlocking the true message of the colophon, modelling the kind of earthly dislocation needed to prepare for the Day of Judgement. Through close attention to the placement of the runic conceit and the language of the colophons, the apparent proprietorial motivations for the signature are thus redefined in the context of religious instruction.