Cædmon Manuscript
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Product details
- ISBN 9781839989742
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 277 x 204mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 2023
- Publisher: Anthem Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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.
Bernard J Muir has taught at The University of Melbourne for over forty years; he teaches Anglo-Saxon language and literature, Latin and vernacular manuscript studies and the History of the Book.
