Erudition and Charm Poetry in Anglo-Saxon England: Solomon & Saturn I and the Nine Herbs Charm
Elton O. S. MEDEIROS
Original title: Erudição e Poesia Encantatória na Inglaterra anglo-saxônica: Salomão & Saturno I e o Encantamento das Nove Ervas
Published in Art, Criticism and Mysticism
Keywords: Charms, Christianity, Old English, Solomon & Saturn.
Here can be found the first unabridged translation to Portuguese of one of the texts that is part of the group of sources known as The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn, followed also by the first translation of the Nine Herbs Charm from the Lacnunga manuscript, both from the period of Anglo-Saxon England (5th - 1th centuries). In a parallel analysis, these texts might be considered one of the most enigmatic and – concerning the first one – the less studied by the tradition of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval literary studies. With a content that share elements from the Germanic past, Anglo-Saxon popular magical practices, elements from Greco-Roman culture and Judeo-Christian apocryphal literature.
O léxico bélico do Old English no épico The Battle of Maldon
Italo Papi da Costa
Published in The Philosophical Tradition in the Ancient and Medieval World
Keywords: Anglo-saxon, Old English, Warfare.
The Dream of the Rood: the Byzantine Christian tradition in Anglo-Saxon England and the translation of the original poem into Portuguese
Elton O. S. MEDEIROS
Original title: O Sonho da Cruz: a tradição cristã bizantina na Inglaterra anglo-saxônica e a tradução do poema original ao português
Published in Senses and sensibilities in classical and medieval worlds
Keywords: Anglo-Saxon England, Christianity, Literature, Old English, Society.
One of the main symbols of the Christian tradition is the Holy Cross on which Christ was executed. However, unlike the conception of an instrument of torture, in the tradition that was developed, the Cross emerges as a symbol of victory, conquest over death, and the primary symbol of worship since the beginning of the Christian Era and during the Early Middle Ages. In the current article we intend to analyze the presence of the cult of the Cross in Anglo-Saxon England and its link with the Byzantine Christian tradition, mainly in the field of material culture and in the religious literature of the period. We also bring, in the end of this article, the complete translation of the poem The Dream of the Rood to Portuguese.
