Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex)

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Old English manuscript codex literary artifact medieval manuscript primary historical source

The Beowulf Manuscript, also known as the Nowell Codex, is a late 10th- or early 11th-century Old English manuscript best known for preserving the epic poem Beowulf alongside several other important Anglo-Saxon texts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Beowulf Manuscript 1
Beowulf manuscript 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English manuscript ⓘ
codex ⓘ
literary artifact ⓘ
medieval manuscript ⓘ
primary historical source ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British Library Cotton Vitellius A XV (part 2) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nowell Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPerson Laurence Nowell NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Ashburnham House fire of 1731 NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithScholarshipField codicology ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ
paleography ⓘ
philology ⓘ
collection Cotton Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsWork Beowulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Letter of Alexander to Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Passion of Saint Christopher NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Wonders of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
currentLocation British Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateWritten early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
folios 94–209 ⓘ
genreOfContents biblical paraphrase ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
epistolary literature ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
marvels and wonders literature ⓘ
hasPart Beowulf text NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judith text ⓘ
prose texts preceding Beowulf ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
material parchment ⓘ
namedAfter Laurence Nowell NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfScribes 2 ⓘ
partOf Cotton Vitellius A XV NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin England NERFINISHED ⓘ
repositoryCity London NERFINISHED ⓘ
script Insular minuscule ⓘ
scriptType prose and verse layout ⓘ
shelfmark Cotton Vitellius A XV NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance earliest surviving manuscript source of Beowulf ⓘ
major source for study of Old English literature ⓘ
sufferedDamage fire damage ⓘ
fragile edges and loss of text ⓘ
writingSupport vellum ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Exeter Book → associatedWith → Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex) ⓘ
Cotton Library → containsWork → Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf manuscript
Sir Robert Cotton → notableItemInCollection → Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf manuscript
Vercelli Book → relatedTo → Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf Manuscript