An early eighteenth century antiquarian survey of the old Germanic languages, the sole surviving print witness to a poem whose one manuscript was later destroyed by fire. Not a modern critical edition and copied through an intermediate transcription, but the only textual evidence that exists for the poem at all.
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Reliability Tier2
Tier 2 because this is an early eighteenth century antiquarian survey rather than a modern critical edition, a primary historical document copied through an intermediate transcription. Placed below this atlas's top tier for that reason, but it is the sole surviving textual witness to the poem it preserves, which is why it is cited rather than set aside. NotesGeorge Hickes's antiquarian survey of the old Germanic languages, the sole surviving print witness to the Old English Rune Poem after its one manuscript was destroyed by fire in 1731. Not a critical edition by modern standards and copied through an intermediate transcription, but the only textual evidence that exists for the poem at all.
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AuthorGeorge Hickes
Publication Year1705
Source TypePrimary document
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Esoteric Texts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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