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Dialogue between dreamer and Cross
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gptkb:England
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8th century
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Personification of the Cross
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gptkb:Vercelli_Book_(10th_century)
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Alliterative verse
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gptkb:Ruthwell_Cross
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Christian poetry
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The Dream of the Rood
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gptkb:theology
Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition
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gptkb:Old_English
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156 lines
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gptkb:Vercelli_Book
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Unnamed dreamer
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gptkb:Vercelli_Book
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Visionary dream
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One of the earliest Christian poems in English
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Dream vision
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Religious studies
Medieval literature
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Cross as both tree and instrument of salvation
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gptkb:Crucifixion_of_Jesus
Visionary literature
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