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unusual facts about Exeter Book


Kevin Crossley-Holland

He has edited and translated the riddles included in the Anglo-Saxon Exeter Book.


Christ II

It is a five-section piece that spans lines 440-866 of the Christ triad in the Exeter Book (folios 14a-20b), and is homiletic in its subject matter in contrast to the martyrological nature of Juliana, Elene, and Fates of the Apostles.

Crist

Christ, in Old English Crist, is the title given to a triad of Old English religious poems in the Exeter Book comprising a total of 1664 lines and dealing with Christ's Advent, Ascension and Last Judgment.


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Christ II

The Exeter Book has been at the Exeter Cathedral Library since 1072 where it was donated by Bishop Leofric.

Widsith

Since the discovery of the Exeter Book in 1076, it has been housed in the Exeter Cathedral in southwest England.