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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Junius Manuscript canonical 6

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instanceOf Anglo-Saxon manuscript ⓘ
Old English poetic codex ⓘ
biblical verse manuscript ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cædmon Manuscript ⓘ
associatedWith Cædmon (traditionally, but not securely attributed) ⓘ
linked to: Cædmon
containsWork Christ and Satan (Old English poem) ⓘ
Daniel (Old English biblical poem) ⓘ
Exodus (Old English biblical poem) ⓘ
Genesis (Old English biblical poem) ⓘ
contentType biblical verse paraphrases ⓘ
illustrated poetry ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
currentLocation Bodleian Library ⓘ
dateOfCreation early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
decorationStyle Anglo-Saxon art ⓘ
feature decorated initials ⓘ
illustrations ⓘ
folioCount 229 folios (approximate) ⓘ
genre biblical paraphrase ⓘ
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 ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Saxon poetic corpus ⓘ
four major manuscripts of Old English poetry ⓘ
placeOfOrigin England ⓘ
preservationStatus largely intact but with losses ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
script Insular minuscule ⓘ
scriptType book hand ⓘ
shelfmark Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11 ⓘ
studiedIn Old English studies ⓘ
biblical reception history ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ
subjectMatter New Testament themes ⓘ
Old Testament narratives ⓘ
biblical history ⓘ
creation and fall of man ⓘ
fall of Satan ⓘ
linked to: Rebellion of Iblis
textualState incomplete in places ⓘ
writingSupport codex ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Exeter Book → associatedWith → Junius Manuscript ⓘ
Vercelli Book → relatedTo → Junius Manuscript ⓘ
Exodus (Old English poem) → manuscript → Junius Manuscript ⓘ
Genesis (Old English poem) → partOf → Junius Manuscript ⓘ
Genesis (Old English poem) → preservedIn → Junius Manuscript ⓘ
Cynewulfian canon → hasManuscriptSource → Junius Manuscript ⓘ