Electronic Beowulf

Synopsis: This new, third edition of the electronic version of the Anglo-Saxon epic ‘Beowulf’ supersedes previous CD-ROM-based editions. It contains higher resolution images of all 70 folios, over 130 ultraviolet images, and over 750 newly processed backlit images of the more than 1300 that reveal the hundreds of letters covered on the versos by the 19th-century restoration frames. The text is completely revised, based closely on and comprehensively illustrated by the single surviving manuscript of Beowulf. As with previous editions, the Third Edition also includes high-resolution images of the entire British Library MS Cotton Vitellius A. xv. The program may be installed on PC or Mac computers.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2012
Year of production: 2011
Documentation: Accompanying user guide and book, ‘Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript’, by Kevin Kiernan.
Subjects: Literature
Keywords: Anglo-Saxon literature; manuscripts

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