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Porter, John.
The Dream of the Rood.
Publisher: Tern Press, Market Drayton;
Date of Publication: 1992
Stock Code: 5562
FIRST EDITION, Number 30 in a LIMITED EDITION of 140 copies SIGNED by the printers Nicholas & Mary Parry. Slim octavo, pp 48 including 4 pp of original runic. 14 illustrations in text. Quarter brown buckram with cork-covered boards; brown endpapers. A Fine copy.
The original composition of The Dream of the Rood is carved in runic letters on the stone Ruthwell Cross in Dumfriesshire, and the eleventh century Vercelli Book includes a full version of the text, from which Porter made his translation. Scarce.
£250.00
The Dream of the Rood.
Date of Publication: 1992
Stock Code: 5562
