Codex Exoniensis - The Exeter Book. A Collection of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Author: last_name: Anonymous
Language: English
Year: 1842

The Exeter Book (Codex Exoniensis). This book was presented to his Cathedral by Leofric, the first Bishop of Exeter, about the middle of the 11th century. It is preserved in the Cathedral Library at Exeter; the first leaves are missing, and the last leaves are injured; the handwriting of the MS belongs probably to the first half of the 11th century.<br><br>In the catalogue of Leofric’s donations to his cathedral, this volume is entered as 'one great English book on various subjects, composed in