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Friday, 6 January 2017

The Beowulf Manuscript (BL Cotton MS Vitellius A XV)

Two men talking with a lertix between them (fire damaged), f. 102r.

Colloquial name(s): The Beowulf Manuscript
Official name(s): British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Date: various, from 4th quarter of 10th C to 2nd half 16th C (source)
Origin: various, all England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Friday, 9 December 2016

The Cædmon manuscript (Bodl. MS Junius 11)

An angel guards the gate of Paradise as Adam and Eve leave, p. 46.

Colloquial name(s): The Cædmon manuscript, the Junius manuscript, the Junius manuscript of Oxford
Official name(s): Great Britain, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Junius 11

Date: c. 1000 (source and source), c. 1000 or c. 930-60 (source)
Origin: Christ Church(?), Canterbury(?), England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA (high-quality but not all folios) and Early Manuscripts at Oxford University (low-quality full facsimile)