Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Scribe

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The Nowell Codex, featuring the Beowulf epic, was written by an unknown Anglo-Saxon scribe.

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person Full name Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Scribe
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Nowell Codex / Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV Beowulf
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1000 1892
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Nowell Codex / Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV: Digital Facsimile Manuscript · Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Scribe · 1000
Written between 975 and 1015 CE, the Nowell Codex contains the Beowulf prestige and hero myth, as well as the Biblical Judith tale. It is the second part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A.xv volume. The condition is poor because the edges of the cotton manuscript were burned during a fire in 1731. This work contains folios 129r - 198v (MS prefix, not BL). chrome_reader_mode Read now
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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon epic poem, translated from the Heyne-Socin text by J.L. Hall. · John Lesslie Hall · 1892
Beowulfis an Anglo-Saxon epic poem from ca. 1000 C.E. It details the story of Beowulf, the hero who would kill the Grendel, the monster who terrorized the local people. Beowulf is considered one of the oldest examples of epic poetry in the Old English dialect. Its contents come from one remaining manuscript known as the Nowell Codex, or Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV. The 3,812 line poem, translated by J.L. Hall in 1892, is a popular... chrome_reader_mode Read now

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British Library. Nowell Codex / Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV: Digital Facsimile. Accessed September 1, 2019. http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv.
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British Library. Nowell Codex, ca. 975-1015 CE. Manuscript. Manuscript collections, Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV, British Library, London, United Kingdom.
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Hall, John L. Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem, Translated From the Heyne-Socin Text by J.L. Hall. Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co, 1892.
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Kiernan, Kevin, trans. "Beowulf: Old English Transcript." In "Electronic Beowulf - Fourth Edition" [Website application], developed by Ionut E. Iacob. British Library and the University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, 2015. https://ebeowulf.uky.edu. Accessed July 1, 2020.
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