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Exeter Book
The Exeter Book is a late tenth-century manuscript and the largest surviving collection devoted to Old English poetry. It contains religious verse, elegies such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer, narrative poems, saints' lives, and a celebrated group of riddles. Leofric, the first bishop of Exeter, g...
apps Top Exeter Book Alternatives
The top alternative to Exeter Book in 2026 is Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex) with a score of 9.5/10, followed by Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (9.5) and Archimedes Palimpsest (9.4).
Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex)
The Beowulf manuscript is the sole surviving medieval witness to the Old English epic poem Beowulf. It forms part of the...
Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp is a lavishly illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's Persian epic, produced at the Safavid c...
Archimedes Palimpsest
The Archimedes Palimpsest is a medieval parchment manuscript whose original Greek mathematical texts were scraped and ov...
Manesse Codex
The Manesse Codex is a large illuminated anthology of Middle High German lyric poetry produced in Zurich during the earl...
Ellesmere Manuscript (Canterbury Tales)
The Ellesmere Manuscript is an early 15th-century illuminated copy of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and one of the...
Pearl Manuscript (Cotton Nero A.x)
The Pearl Manuscript, catalogued as Cotton Nero A.x, is a late 14th-century Middle English codex held by the British Lib...
Great Mongol Shahnameh
The Great Mongol Shahnameh, also called the Demotte Shahnameh, is an extensively illustrated Persian manuscript produced...
Hamzanama
The Hamzanama is an illustrated Mughal manuscript recounting the legendary adventures of Amir Hamza. Commissioned by Emp...
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana is the conventional title of a 13th-century manuscript collection preserved as Bavarian State Library Clm...
Maqamat of al-Hariri (BnF Arabe 5847)
BnF Arabe 5847 is an illustrated Arabic manuscript of the Maqamat, a collection of rhymed-prose tales by al-Hariri cente...
Paris Psalter (BnF gr. 139)
The Paris Psalter, catalogued as Bibliotheque nationale de France grec 139, is a Byzantine Greek manuscript conventional...
Vercelli Book
The Vercelli Book is a late tenth-century manuscript containing religious prose and poetry in Old English. Its texts inc...
Hengwrt Chaucer
The Hengwrt Chaucer is an early manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, copied around the beginning of the 15...
Demotte Shahnameh
The Demotte Shahnameh, also called the Great Mongol Shahnameh, is a lavishly illustrated Persian manuscript produced und...
Gospels of Otto III
The Gospels of Otto III is an Ottonian illuminated Gospel book produced around the year 1000, probably at the monastery...
Gerona Beatus
The Gerona Beatus is a richly illuminated manuscript of the commentary on the Book of Revelation associated with Beatus...
Morgan Beatus (MS M.644)
The Morgan Beatus, catalogued as MS M.644, is a tenth-century Spanish illuminated manuscript containing Beatus of Liéban...
Junius Manuscript
The Junius Manuscript is a late tenth-century illustrated codex of Old English religious poetry, now held by the Bodleia...
Khamsa of Nizami (BL Or. 6810)
The Khamsa of Nizami catalogued as British Library Oriental 6810 is a 16th-century Persian illuminated manuscript contai...
Prisse Papyrus
The Prisse Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian literary manuscript in the collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France...
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| 9.5 Brilliant | +0.3 | Compare | |
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| 8.9 Great | -0.3 | Compare | |
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