Escanceaster Boc

Seo Escanceaster Boc also gehāten Codex Exoniensis oþþe 'Escanceaster Cyrcan Boc' MS 3501, is micel codex of Eald Englisc rǣd, þæt gelīefed is to hafa beūtan on ða lǣtan tēoþan hryðer. Hit is ān of þrim mægen bōcum of Eald Englisc rǣd, onǣh ðæt Vercelli Bōc on ðām cyrican bōc-hlāw Vercelli Cyrcan, Italia, ðæt Nowell Codex on ðæm Bryttisc Biblioþece , and ðæt Junius bōc on ðām Bodleian Biblioþece on Oxenford. Seo Escanceaster Boc wæs gēofen to þǣm þæt nū is ðæt Escanceaster Cyrcan bōc-hlāw þurh Leofric, ðe wæs forma bisceop of Escanceastre, in 1072. Hit is gelīefed to hæfð frumsceapen 130 oþþe 131 leāf, of ðām ǣrest 7 oþþe 8 hæfdon onfōgen mid oðrum leāfum; þā frumsprǣc 8 leāf beoð forloren.

Seo Escanceaster Boc is se mæst and swā mægð ældest gecneord bōc of Eald Englisc lǣodrǣd, hæbende ymbe ān syxðe of þǣm Eald Englisc rǣdum þe hæfdon beon gesworen.