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Enigma: Unpuzzling difficult Latin readings in medieval manuscripts
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
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Primary Sources (Texts and Documents)

Cædmon’s Hymn: An Old English poem preserved in manuscripts of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica. Cædmon’s Hymn was most likely composed in the mid- or late seventh century, allegedly after the poet Cædmon was inspired by a dream, and is a praise-poem in honour of the Christian God.

The Chetham's Library Astrologia (Manchester, Chetham's Library MS Mun.A.4.99): an illustrated 15th-century astronomical/astrological/medical manuscript including diagrams, tables, charts, and volvelles.

Franks Casket: A Northumbrian casket constructed from whalebone, dating from the first half of the eighth century. Its intricate carvings reflect both pagan Germanic and Christian beliefs. The casket depicts scenes from the Germanic legend of Weland the Smith, the Christian story of the Adoration of the Magi, the tale of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome, and the capture of Jerusalem, and includes text in both runic and roman letters. A runic inscription on the front panel recounts an Old English riddle which reveals the material used to create the casket.

Geneva Bible: An English translation of the Bible, first printed in 1560. It was the first English Bible to include numbered verses and Roman style typeface. The Geneva Bible also contains an extensive (and sometimes quite polemical) commentary on the biblical text.

Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People): The Historia Ecclesiastica was written by Bede in the early eighth century and provides an account of the history of England, the Anglo-Saxon people and the clashes between Roman and Celtic Christianity. Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica was translated from Latin into Old English in the ninth century

Junius MS (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Junius 11): An Anglo-Saxon codex estimated to have been written c. 1000 or earlier. It contains four Old English poems inspired by biblical passages: Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, and Christ and Satan.

Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library MS Cotton Nero D.iv): An illuminated manuscript created in northern England in the early eighth century by the monk Eadfrith. The manuscript contains the four gospels and an interlinear Old English gloss was added in the tenth century. 

St. Cuthbert Gospel (Stonyhurst Gospel; London, British Library MS Additional 89000): A manuscript written in Latin during the late seventh century. This hand-sized codex was buried with St. Cuthbert in 698 and rediscovered in 1104 when his coffin was opened. The manuscript contains the gospel of John and is the oldest surviving intact European book.

St. Petersburg Bede (Leningrad Bede; Saint Petersburg, National Library of Russia MS lat. Q. v. I. 18): A manuscript most likely written in the middle of the eighth century. The St. Petersburg Bede contains, among other texts, one of the earliest versions of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum and the earliest known example of a historiated initial.

Troy Book by John Lydgate: A long Middle English poem about the siege of Troy, extant in a number of manuscripts, where it is often well illustrated. See, for example, London, British Library MS Royal 18.D.ii.

Vespasian Psalter (London, British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A.i): An Anglo-Saxon codex most likely created during the eighth century in southern England. The Vespasian Psalter contains an interlinear gloss to the book of Psalms, the earliest translation of any biblical text into English.


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