The probable derivation of most of the illustrations in Junius II from an illustrated Old Saxon <i>Genesis</i>
Barbara C. Raw
Junius II in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, is only one of four principal manuscripts Old English poetry to be illustrated. The pictures are important not because they form most extensive sets Genesis illustrations early Middle Ages but also text which illustrate a composite one, 600 lines were translated into from an Saxon poem probably second quarter ninth century. By tracing sources these can throw light on history and transmission as well manuscript art late Anglo-Saxon period.
Anglo-Saxon England