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The Medieval Church · c. 975
The Vercelli Book
Anonymous
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What it is
A manuscript of homilies and religious poems, including Andreas, Elene on the finding of the cross, and the fullest text of The Dream of the Rood.
Why it lasted
One of the four great codices of Old English literature, found in northern Italy where an English pilgrim apparently left it.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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