Old English literature

literature written in Old English in early medieval England from the 7th century to the decades after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Sometimes called 'Anglo-Saxon'.

manuscript collection

12th century manuscript with a history of England

sole surviving manuscript of Beowulf

thumb|First page of Lacnunga, beginning Ƿit heafodwræce ("against headache") Lacnunga is a collection of miscellaneous Anglo-Saxon medical texts and prayers, written mainly in Old English and Latin. The title Lacnunga, an Old English word meaning "remedies", is not in the manuscript: it was given to the collection by its first editor, Oswald Cockayne, in the nineteenth century. It is found, following other medical texts, in the British Library's Harley MS 585, a codex probably compiled in England in the late tenth or early eleventh century. Many of its herbal remedies are also found, in varian

12th-century manuscript in Trinity College, Cambridge

manuscript collection of medical remedies in Old English

11th century manuscript

11th-century biblical translation

medieval manuscript