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Exeter book

Anglo-Saxon anthology of texts, many of which are riddles

  • Written c. 960 CE
  • Also called Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, Exeter riddle book, The Exeter Book

A text has a date.
What it tells
may not.

Two clocks, kept apart

Overview

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Parts

Works within it

Works recorded as part of this one. Each date is that work’s own, on the source clock.

Connections

How Exeter book connects

Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.

Place 1

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Attributed to Sultan Muhammad · Public domain

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