![]() ![]() It is the second, older manuscript that is more famous. ![]() The first of these, originally owned by Southwick Priory in Hampshire, dates from the 12th century and contains four works of prose. The main division is into two totally distinct books which were apparently not bound together until the 17th century. The current codex is a composite of at least two manuscripts. The manuscript is located within the British Library with the rest of the Cotton collection. Due to the fame of Beowulf, the Nowell Codex is also sometimes known simply as the Beowulf manuscript. In addition to this, it contains first a fragment of The Life of Saint Christopher, then the more complete texts Wonders of the East and Letter of Alexander to Aristotle, and, after Beowulf, a poetic translation of Judith. It is most famous as the manuscript containing the unique copy of the epic poem Beowulf. The Nowell Codex is the second of two manuscripts comprising the bound volume Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, one of the four major Anglo-Saxon poetic manuscripts. First page of Beowulf, contained in the damaged Nowell Codex (132r) ![]()
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