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In addition, some Old English text survives on stone structures and ornate objects. [6] The poem Beowulf, which often begins the traditional canon of English literature, is the most famous work of Old English literature. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has also proven significant for historical study, preserving a chronology of early English history.
Christ I (also known as Christ A or (The) Advent Lyrics) is a fragmentary collection of Old English poems on the coming of the Lord, preserved in the Exeter Book.In its present state, the poem comprises 439 lines in twelve distinct sections.
The Exeter Book, also known as the Codex Exoniensis or Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, is a large codex of Old English poetry, believed to have been produced in the late tenth century AD. [1] It is one of the four major manuscripts of Old English poetry , along with the Vercelli Book in Vercelli, Italy, the Nowell Codex in the British Library ...
The New-England primer enlarged. For the more easy attaining the true reading of English. To which is added, the Assembly's catechism – Partially digitized object in Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University Library; 1777 ed. online at sacred-texts.com; 1843 ed. online at johansens.us; Images from the 1843 edition (archived)
The initial page of the Peterborough Chronicle [1]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.. The original manuscript of the Chronicle was created late in the ninth century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alfred the Great (r. 871–899).
Vercelli Book. The Vercelli Book is one of the oldest of the four Old English Poetic Codices (the others being the Junius manuscript in the Bodleian Library, the Exeter Book in Exeter Cathedral Library, and the Nowell Codex in the British Library). It is an anthology of Old English prose and verse that dates back to the late 10th century.
In 2000 (2nd edition 2013), Liuzza published his own version of Beowulf in a parallel text with the Old English, [105] with his analysis of the poem's historical, oral, religious and linguistic contexts. [106] R. D. Fulk, of Indiana University, published a facing-page edition and translation of the entire Nowell Codex manuscript in 2010. [107]
Old English Syntax (Vols. 1–2). Oxford: Clarendon (no more published) Vol. 1: Concord, the parts of speech and the sentence; Vol. 2: Subordination, independent elements, and element order; Mitchell, Bruce. (1990) A Critical Bibliography of Old English Syntax to the end of 1984, including addenda and corrigenda to "Old English Syntax". Oxford ...