From Formula to Phantom: How Mis-Segmentation Created "Oligamus Stella, dux" and What Runic Inscriptions Reveal About Meaning Stability
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| contents | <p>This article examines the mechanisms by which meaning is preserved and constrained in Viking<br>Age runic inscriptions and contrasts this stability with interpretive vulnerabilities in certain<br>medieval Latin textual traditions. Drawing on a geographically controlled corpus of runestones<br>from Uppland—particularly the Vallentuna–Sigtuna–Orkesta region, including a concentrated<br>micro-corpus at Vallentuna Church—the study demonstrates that runic inscriptions maintain<br>semantic stability through visible structural segmentation, repeated formulaic clauses, explicit<br>relational markers, and network redundancy across inscriptions. By contrast, the phrase<br>traditionally interpreted as “Oligamus Stella, dux” is demonstrated to be a product of missegmentation within a structurally ambiguous Latin textual environment rather than evidence for<br>a historical individual. The article proposes a comparative model in which semantic visibility and<br>redundancy act as stabilizing forces in inscriptional systems, while their absence in manuscript<br>traditions creates conditions under which segmentation errors can generate persistent phantom<br>identities within the historical record. From Formula to Phantom: Structural Visibility, Network<br>Redundancy, and the Mis- Segmentation of “Oligamus Stella, dux” .</p> |
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| spellingShingle | From Formula to Phantom: How Mis-Segmentation Created "Oligamus Stella, dux" and What Runic Inscriptions Reveal About Meaning Stability ESTILL, DOUGLAS History, Medieval Literature, Medieval/history Runic Stones Oligamus Stella <p>This article examines the mechanisms by which meaning is preserved and constrained in Viking<br>Age runic inscriptions and contrasts this stability with interpretive vulnerabilities in certain<br>medieval Latin textual traditions. Drawing on a geographically controlled corpus of runestones<br>from Uppland—particularly the Vallentuna–Sigtuna–Orkesta region, including a concentrated<br>micro-corpus at Vallentuna Church—the study demonstrates that runic inscriptions maintain<br>semantic stability through visible structural segmentation, repeated formulaic clauses, explicit<br>relational markers, and network redundancy across inscriptions. By contrast, the phrase<br>traditionally interpreted as “Oligamus Stella, dux” is demonstrated to be a product of missegmentation within a structurally ambiguous Latin textual environment rather than evidence for<br>a historical individual. The article proposes a comparative model in which semantic visibility and<br>redundancy act as stabilizing forces in inscriptional systems, while their absence in manuscript<br>traditions creates conditions under which segmentation errors can generate persistent phantom<br>identities within the historical record. From Formula to Phantom: Structural Visibility, Network<br>Redundancy, and the Mis- Segmentation of “Oligamus Stella, dux” .</p> |
| title | From Formula to Phantom: How Mis-Segmentation Created "Oligamus Stella, dux" and What Runic Inscriptions Reveal About Meaning Stability |
| topic | History, Medieval Literature, Medieval/history Runic Stones Oligamus Stella |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19838378 |