The Exeter Book is a major anthology of Old English poetry compiled around 975 AD, representing the largest surviving collection of Old English literature. Donated to Exeter Cathedral, it is recognized as a significant cultural artifact.
The Exeter Book, compiled around 975 AD, is a significant collection of Old English poems and is the largest extant collection of Old English literature. Donated to Exeter Cathedral library in 1072, it includes a variety of poetic forms and genres, and in 2016, it was recognized by UNESCO as a major world cultural artifact.
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| Back | An important Collection of old English poems compiled c. 975 The Exeter Book, Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, also known as the Codex Exoniensis, is a tenth-century book or codex which is an anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry. It is one of the four major Anglo-Saxon literature codices, along with the Vercelli Book, Nowell Codex and the Cædmon manuscript or MS Junius 11. The book was donated to the library of Exeter Cathedral by Leofric, the first bishop of Exeter, in 1072. It is believed originally to have contained 131 leaves, of which the first 8 have been replaced with other leaves; the original first 8 pages are lost. The Exeter Book is the largest known collection of Old English literature still in existence. In 2016, UNESCO recognized the book as one of the "world's principal cultural artifacts". |
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