The Cædmon Manuscript

The Beginnings of English Religious Poetry, I

By (author) Bernard J. Muir

Publication date:

12 September 2023

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

204x277mm
11x8"

ISBN-13: 9781839989742

The Cædmon Manuscript is one of three extant anthologies of English Christian poetry produced in England before 1000 CE. It is a collection of four religious poems in Old English based on Biblical materials. They have the editorial names Genesis, Exodus, Daniel and Christ and Satan. This edition consists of an Introduction, Bibliography, Codicological and Paleographical Analysis, an Art-Historical Commentary and an edition of the four poems.

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Introduction; Gathering Diagrams; Abbreviated References; Select Bibliography; Poem; Art-Historical Commentary

Bernard Muir's edition of Junius 11 offers an authoritative text based on careful scholarship. Beyond that, this edition provides complete paleographical notes, art-historical commentary, and a wealth of codicological data and analysis that will support a variety of research tracks for years to come — Susan E. Deskis, Professor of English, emerita, Northern Illinois University