Codex Exoniensis

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Codex Exoniensis is a 10th-century Old English manuscript, better known as the Exeter Book, containing one of the largest surviving collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry, including elegies and religious verse.

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instanceOf Anglo-Saxon literary codex
Old English manuscript
medieval manuscript
poetry manuscript
alsoKnownAs Exeter Book NERFINISHED
Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501 NERFINISHED
century 10th century
condition partly damaged by fire or heat
some leaves stained and worn
contains Anglo-Saxon poetry NERFINISHED
Christ I NERFINISHED
Christ II NERFINISHED
Christ III NERFINISHED
Deor
Guthlac A NERFINISHED
Guthlac B NERFINISHED
Juliana NERFINISHED
The Descent into Hell (Harrowing of Hell) poem NERFINISHED
The Fortunes of Men NERFINISHED
The Gifts of Men NERFINISHED
The Homiletic Fragment NERFINISHED
The Husband's Message NERFINISHED
The Judgment Day poems NERFINISHED
The Order of the World NERFINISHED
The Phoenix NERFINISHED
The Rhyming Poem NERFINISHED
The Riming Poem NERFINISHED
The Ruin NERFINISHED
The Seafarer NERFINISHED
The Wanderer NERFINISHED
The Wife's Lament NERFINISHED
Widsith (fragmentary or related material) NERFINISHED
elegies
homiletic poetry
religious verse
riddles
saints' lives
wisdom poetry
country United Kingdom
culture Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED
date 10th century
donatedBy Leofric, first Bishop of Exeter NERFINISHED
donationDate 11th century
folioCount about 130 folios
genre elegiac poetry
religious poetry
riddle poetry
secular poetry
hasFeature lacks extensive illumination
mostly written by a single scribe
no musical notation
language Old English
locatedIn Devon
Exeter NERFINISHED
location Exeter Cathedral Library NERFINISHED
material parchment
placeOfOrigin England NERFINISHED
script Insular minuscule
significance one of the four major surviving manuscripts of Old English poetry
one of the largest surviving collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry

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Exeter Book alsoKnownAs Codex Exoniensis