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A series of genealogical charts of the major figures in the poem, annotated by event and line number. While based on the genealogical charts usually given at the back of Beowulf editions, I attempt here to provide a complete picture of all the named…

This is a blog post by writer Joanna Preston discussing 'Wulf and Eadwacer' from a poet's perspective. The translation provided is a composite made up of translations found on the web. Please note that this is a zipped file: in order to read it,…

This text is an adaptation from the Old English poem 'The Ruin', which is preserved in the tenth-century Codex known as The Exeter Book. The Old English 'Ruin' describes a fallen and decaying city, and has sometimes been seen as an Anglo-Saxon…

This is a translation of the first nineteen lines of the Old English poem The Seafarer; I chose this section as it forms a fairly coherent whole but still gives a strong sense of the atmosphere of the poem.

Introduction
The Ruthwell Cross stands in a small church in the town of Ruthwell, just south of Dumfries, in south-west Scotland. The Cross is seventeen feet four inches tall and must sit in a well four feet deep to serve as the high cross for the…

A filmed version of the Old English poem 'The Ruin'. Dir - S. Lee; Actor - J. Miller. Filmed at old cement works near Kirtlington, Oxford.

A collection of everything written before 650 CE about Britain and its near neighbors. Assembled in date order in English with a full bibliography.

From the Wessex Gospels, c.870AD, with pop-up glosses in present-day English. The text is copied using an old English hand. The photo at the end is Leofwin as an early 7th century missionary. Please note that this is the *unglossed* version of this…

AN00469340_001_l. Franks Casket. Lidded rectangular box made of whale-bone, carved on the sides and top in relief with scenes from Roman, Jewish, Christian and Germanic tradition. The base is constructed from four sides slotted and pegged into corner…

Scanned book.