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