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Junius 11

Oxford, Bodley MS Junius 11 // image.ox.ac.uk

Four “Poetic” Codices

• Junius 11 (c. 1000)
• The Exeter Book (s. X²)
• Cotton Vitellius A. XV (c. 1000)
• The Vercelli Book (s. X²)

Junius 11

1. Genesis A, with interpolated Genesis B (2936 lines; cf. Gn 1–22)
2. Exodus (590 lines; cf. Ex 13–14)
3. Daniel (764 lines; cf. Dn 1–5)
4. Christ and Satan (729 lines)

Genesis A

• Covers Gn 1–22
• Offers a straightforward retelling of Gn 8–22
• Retelling of Gn 1–7 has more displacement:
  • Creation: diverse extrabiblical sources
  • Flood: working from a different type of source
• Incomplete second quire: missing leaves, 2 lacunae:
  • between third day and Eve
  • between rivers of Paradise and GenB

Quire 2

Genesis B

The Saxon Genesis

Genesis B

• Translation of Old Saxon Genesis
• Not working from a Bible
• Heterodox theology