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
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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
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illustrated poetry ⓘ |
| culture | Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Bodleian Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation |
early 11th century
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late 10th century ⓘ |
| decorationStyle | Anglo-Saxon art ⓘ |
| feature |
decorated initials
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illustrations ⓘ |
| folioCount | 229 folios (approximate) ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical paraphrase
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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
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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
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biblical reception history ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
New Testament themes
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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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