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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.
Aug 13, 2019 · The Junius manuscript. lviii, 247 p. --. "When in 1654 Junius published at Amsterdam the poems ... he described them as a poetic paraphrase of Genesis and other parts of the Scriptures by the monk Caedmon. The manuscript now rests in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, where it is numbered Junius XI." -- Introd.
François du Jon (1545–1602), Latinized as Franciscus Junius, was a significant Reformed Protestant voice in the era of late sixteenth-century confessionalization. He is perhaps best known as a professor of theology at Leiden University from 1592–1602.
The first page of Christ and Satan in MS Junius 11. Christ and Satan is an anonymous Old English religious poem consisting of 729 lines of alliterative verse, contained in the Junius Manuscript.
Junius. 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.
Jul 24, 2013 · “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 .
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Boldleian Library MS Junius 11 ,"The Junius manuscript" or "Caedmon manuscript," a tenth century illustrated collection of poems on biblical narratives, is one of the four major codices of Old English Literature. Its scheme of illustrations is unparalleled in other manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon poetry, suggesting that it may have been intended for ...
