Say What I am Called: A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Self-Referential Inscriptions

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dc.contributor.advisorHutterer, Maile
dc.contributor.authorMock, Sean
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-27T18:54:05Z
dc.date.available2016-10-27T18:54:05Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-27
dc.description.abstractThis thesis compiles a working corpus of Anglo-Saxon self-referential inscribed artifacts to examine how the inscriptions and supports utilize self-reference to push the viewer to understand the social and cultural significance of such objects. The inscriptions fall into two broad categories: personal inscriptions reinforce the prestige of the makers, owners, and commissioners associated with them, while impersonal inscriptions authorize philosophical and social discourse through the adoption of literary and oral types (i.e. genres). In addition to an analysis of specific artifacts—ranging from diminutive rings to monumental stone crosses—I provide a quantitative analysis that illustrates the different uses of languages, scripts, and object types. As opposed to literary texts, self-referential inscribed objects create internally complete hermeneutic units that connect the text’s discursive meaning with the function and significance of the thing itself. The inscriptions and their supports structure knowledge about Anglo-Saxon social relationships, liturgical practices, and cultural wisdom.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/20535
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectAngo-Saxonen_US
dc.subjectInscribeden_US
dc.subjectInscriptionsen_US
dc.subjectOld Englishen_US
dc.subjectRunesen_US
dc.subjectSelf-referentialen_US
dc.titleSay What I am Called: A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Self-Referential Inscriptions
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of the History of Art and Architecture
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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