The Exeter book of Old English poetry
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Type of record: Book
Title: The Exeter book of Old English poetry
Other titles: Exeter Book
Classmark: Large Bibliography E-2/EXE
Additional creator(s): Chambers, R W (1874-1942) (Other); Förster, Max (1869-1954) (Other); Flower, Robin (1881-1946) (Other); Exeter Cathedral. Library (Other)
Related people: Leofric, Bishop of Exeter, d. 1072; Chambers, R. W; Förster, Max; Flower, Robin
Publisher: Printed and pub. for the dean and chapter of Exeter cathedral by P. Lund, Humphries & co., ltd
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1933
Size and medium: [8], 94 p.,facsim. (130 numb. leaves),[2] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/188343
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008706329705181
Description
"Reproduced and printed... at the Country press, Bradford ... Limited to twelve copies, unnumbered and not for sale and two hundred and fifty copies numbered and for sale".
Contents: The Exeter book and its donor Leofric, by R. W. Chambers.--The donations of Leofric to Exeter, by Max Förster.--Modern study of the poetry of the Exeter book, by R. W. Chambers.--The preliminary matter of the Exeter book; General description of the manuscript, by Max Förster.--Transcription of the damaged passages of the Exeter book, by R. W. Chambers and Robin Flower.--The script of the Exeter book, by Robin Flower.--Collotype facsimile of the Exeter book.
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