Nowell Codex

Frederic P. Miller

ISBN 10: 6133879106 / ISBN 13: 9786133879102

Published by Omniscriptum Apr 2026, 2026

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cotton VitelliusA. xv is one of the four major Anglo-Saxon literature codices. It ismost famous as the manuscript containing the unique copy of the epicpoem Beowulf; in addition to this it contains a fragment of The Life ofSaint Christopher, and the more complete texts Letters of Alexander toAristotle, Wonders of the East and Judith. Due to the fame of Beowulfit is also sometimes known simply as the Beowulf manuscript. Themanuscript is located within the British Library with the rest of theCotton collection. Vitellius A. xv was heavily damaged in 1731 when afire partially destroyed the Cotton library. While the volume itselfsurvived, the edges of the pages were badly scorched; no serious attemptat restoration was made until the 19th century, by which time themargins had crumbled irreparably, and the edges of many pages are nowillegible.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 80 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nowell Codex
• Publisher: Omniscriptum Apr 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6133879106
• ISBN 13: 9786133879102
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 5D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 137 grams

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cotton Vitellius A. xv is one of the four major Anglo-Saxon literature codices. It is most famous as the manuscript containing the unique copy of the epic poem Beowulf; in addition to this it contains a fragment of The Life of Saint Christopher, and the more complete texts Letters of Alexander to Aristotle, Wonders of the East and Judith. Due to the fame of Beowulf, it is also sometimes known simply as the Beowulf manuscript. The manuscript is located within the British Library with the rest of the Cotton collection. Vitellius A. xv was heavily damaged in 1731 when a fire partially destroyed the Cotton library. While the volume itself survived, the edges of the pages were badly scorched; no serious attempt at restoration was made until the 19th century, by which time the margins had crumbled irreparably, and the edges of many pages are now illegible.