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The Exeter Book is the largest surviving volume of Old English literature. Donated to the Exeter Cathedral library by the Bishop Leofric in the 11th century, the sole surviving manuscript remains, mostly intact, in the library's collection to this day as MS 3501. The book is an anthology of poetry and riddles believed to have been compiled between 960 and 990 c.e.
The Exeter Book[edit]
Versions and translations of the Exeter Book are listed at The Exeter Book.
Collected works[edit]
Works collected in the Exeter Book are listed below. Multiple editions or versions are listed on each work's own versions page.
- Christ I (Advent Lyrics)
- Christ II (The Ascension), by Cynewulf
- Christ III
- Guðlac A
- Guðlac B
- Azarias
- The Phœnix
- Juliana, by Cynewulf
- The Wanderer
- The Gifts of Men
- Precepts
- The Seafarer
- Vainglory
- Ƿidsið
- The Fortunes of Men
- Maxims I
- The Order of the World
- The Rhyming Poem
- The Panther
- The Whal
- The Partridge
- Soul and Body II
- Deor
- Wulf and Eadwacer
- Riddles 1-59: see Riddles below.
- The Wife's Lament
- The Judgment Day I
- Resignation A
- Resignation B
- The Descent into Hell
- Alms-giving
- Pharaoh
- The Lord's Prayer I
- Homiletic Fragment II
- Riddles 30b and 60: see Riddles below.
- The Husband's Message
- The Ruin
- Riddles 61-95: see Riddles below.
Riddles[edit]
- Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book, collection and translation of the riddles.
Works about the Exeter Book[edit]
- "Exeter Book," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)