Junius Manuscript

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The Junius Manuscript is an important Old English poetic codex containing illustrated biblical verse, notable as one of the four major surviving manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon poetry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon manuscript
Old English poetic codex
biblical verse manuscript
alsoKnownAs Cædmon Manuscript NERFINISHED
associatedWith Cædmon (traditionally, but not securely attributed) NERFINISHED
containsWork Christ and Satan (Old English poem) NERFINISHED
Daniel (Old English biblical poem) NERFINISHED
Exodus (Old English biblical poem) NERFINISHED
Genesis (Old English biblical poem) NERFINISHED
contentType biblical verse paraphrases
illustrated poetry
culture Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED
currentLocation Bodleian Library NERFINISHED
dateOfCreation early 11th century
late 10th century
decorationStyle Anglo-Saxon art
feature decorated initials
illustrations
folioCount 229 folios (approximate)
genre biblical paraphrase
religious poetry
hasSignificance important witness to Anglo-Saxon religious literature
major source for Old English biblical poetry
one of the earliest illustrated vernacular poetic manuscripts in England
language Old English
locatedIn Oxford
material parchment
namedAfter Franciscus Junius the Younger NERFINISHED
partOf Anglo-Saxon poetic corpus NERFINISHED
four major manuscripts of Old English poetry
placeOfOrigin England NERFINISHED
preservationStatus largely intact but with losses
religiousTradition Christianity
script Insular minuscule
scriptType book hand
shelfmark Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11 NERFINISHED
studiedIn Old English studies
biblical reception history
medieval studies
subjectMatter New Testament themes
Old Testament narratives
biblical history
creation and fall of man
fall of Satan NERFINISHED
textualState incomplete in places
writingSupport codex
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Exeter Book associatedWith Junius Manuscript
Vercelli Book relatedTo Junius Manuscript