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1 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Krapp and Dobbie, Columbia University Press 1939-42
Vol. 1 The Junius Manuscript Vol. 2 The Vercelli Book Vol. 3 The Exeter Book Vol. 4 Beowulf and Judith Vol. 5 Paris Psalter and Boethius Vol. 6 The Minor Poems Paleography: all c.1000, or second half of 10th cent.

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3 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Krapp and Dobbie, Columbia University Press 1939-42
Vol. 1 The Junius Manuscript Bodleian Junius XI 116 folios Sometimes called the Cædmon Manuscript Franciscus Junius, first publisher 1655 Genesis A, Geneis B, Exodus, Daniel, Christ and Satan

4 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Krapp and Dobbie, Columbia University Press 1939-42
Vol. 2 The Vercelli Book Chapter Library of the Cathedral in Vercelli, Northern Italy, Cod. CXVII 136 folios 23 prose homilies + prose life of St. Guðlác. Six poems: Andreas, Fates of the Apostles, Soul and Body I, Homeletic Fragment I, Dream of the Rood, Elene.

5 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Krapp and Dobbie, Columbia University Press 1939-42
Vol. 3 The Exeter Book Codex Exoniensis in the Lilbrary of Exeter Cathedral Donated to the Library by Leofric Bishop of Exeter in 1072 .i. micel englisc boc be gehwylcum þingum on leoðwisan geworht 131 folios incl Deor, Wulf, Wanderer, Seafarer

6 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Krapp and Dobbie, Columbia University Press 1939-42
Vol. 4 Beowulf and Judith MS Cotton Vitelius Axv of the British Museum. 2 manuscripts bound together, 116 folios

7 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Krapp and Dobbie, Columbia University Press 1939-42
Vol. 5 Paris Psalter and Boethius Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris Fonds Latin 8824 186 folios

8 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Krapp and Dobbie, Columbia University Press 1939-42
Vol. 6 The Minor Poems some 40 poems from various manuscrirpts incl Finnsburgh, Maldon, text of the Ruthwell Cross

9 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Krapp and Dobbie, Columbia University Press 1939-42
Downloadable from OUCS: The complete OTA Old English corpus is available at

10 Dream of the Rood from the Vercelli Book

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12 Hwæt ic swefna cyst secgan wille hæt mege mette
to midre niht syþðan reord berend reste wunedon. þuhte me þæt ic ge sawe syllicre treow onlyft lædan leohte bewunden bearme beorhtost eal þæt beacen wæs be goten mid golde gimmas stodon fægere æt foldan sceatum. swylce þær fife wæron uppe onþan eaxle ge spanne be heoldon þær engel dryht nes ealle fægere þurh forð ge sceaft newæs ðær huru fracodes gealga.

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