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An illustration of patriarch Kenan, from the Junius manuscript. The Junius manuscript is one of the four major codices of Old English literature. Written in the 10th century, it contains poetry dealing with Biblical subjects in Old English, the vernacular language of Anglo-Saxon England.
Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (/ ˌ k ɒ l j ə ˈ m ɛ l ə /, Arabic: Yunius: 12 ) was a prominent Roman writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire. [2] His De re rustica in twelve volumes has been completely preserved and forms an important source on Roman agriculture , together with the works of Cato the Elder and Marcus Terentius Varro ...
- Roman
- De re rustica
- c. 70 AD
Introduction. “Junius 11” is the nickname of a manuscript of Old English biblical poetry, whose formal shelf mark is Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 11. It contains the sole surviving copies of four long Old English poems, which modern editors have titled Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, and Christ and Satan.
Early English and other manuscripts collected by Francis Junius (1589-1677). Franciscus Junius the Younger (1591-1677) was born in Heidelberg. Brought up among the Calvinist scholars of the University of Leiden, he began his career as a theologian. As a consequence of the religious quarrels between the Arminians and the Gomarists, he resigned ...
Mar 18, 2024 · Franciscus Junius, the Younger (born 1589, Heidelberg, Palatinate [Germany]—died Nov. 19, 1677, Windsor, Berkshire, Eng.) was a language and literary scholar whose works stimulated interest in the study of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and the cognate old Germanic languages.
Article History. Junius, two of his many faces, detail of an engraving by T. Bonner, 1770. Junius, the pseudonym of the still unidentified author of a series of letters contributed to Henry Sampson Woodfall’s Public Advertiser, a popular English newspaper of the day, between Jan. 21, 1769, and Jan. 21, 1772. Junius’ aims were to discredit ...
