Distributed for the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
MS. Junius 11
The origins of English poetry, a masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon art; Bodleian Library Digital Texts 1
Software by Nick Kennedy
7-2/5 x 5-1/2
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2004
CD-ROM Mac/Win $300.00
ISBN: 9781851243303
Published June 2007
For sale in North America only
Of the four major surviving manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon poetry, MS. Junius 11 is the only one which is illustrated. It contains four poems based on the Old Testament: Genesis A and B, Exodus, Daniel, and Christ and Satan. This ground-breaking CD-ROM contains the entire tenth century manuscript, a searchable transcription, translation, detailed commentary, and high resolution images of all the drawings and decorated initials.
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