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 Italy Vercelli Biblioteca e Archivio Capitolare di Vercelli CXVII Vercelli Book Codex Vercellensis The Codex Vercellensis, or Vercelli Book, as it is known in the Anglo-Saxon world and now also in Italy, is a manuscript dating back to the end of the 10th century, containing miscellaneous religious works, in verse and prose: 23 homilies in prose and 6 poetic works following the Anglo-Saxon alliterative metrics. The primary language in this manuscript is Old English, with a few isolated Latin words and phrases. 1r - 9r Homily I ſceaþe for þan ne meaht ðu þa þrowunge gelettan ain ecneꞅꞅe þurh eallra woruld aworuld AmeN abutan ende 9v - 12r Homily II MENÐALE OFESTAN. þæꞅ myclan dóm dægeꞅ worc bið ſwiðe egeꞅ lic ⁊andryꞅ þurh ealra woruld aworuld aabutan ende am̄ 12v - 16r Homily III BRoðor þa leofestan ic cyðe þæt þreo þing ſynt ærest á in ecneꞅꞅe þurh ealra woruld aworuld aabutan ende AMEN. 16v - 24v Homily IV Men þa leofestan, ıc eow bidde ⁊eaðmodlice lære þær he leofað ⁊ricꞅað ın ealra worulda woruld abutan ende amen; 25r - 29r Homily V to middan wintra Oſtende nob̄ dne we ureꞅ dryhtneꞅ naman hælendeꞅ criſteꞅ he leofað ⁊ricꞅað áábutan ende ; 29v - 52v Andreas Hwæt! We gefrunan on fyrndagum ece mid englum. þæt is æðele cyning! 52v - 54r Fates of the Apostles Hwæt! Ic þysne sang siðgeomor fand ece ond edgiong, ofer ealle gesceaft. 54v - 56r Homily VI INcipit narrare miracula quefacta fuerant ante aduentum saluatoris gyldeð uꞅ god ece mede æt uꞅꞅum ende; 56v - 59r Homily VII BUTAN tweon lar iꞅ halig domeꞅ dæl ⁊ealleꞅ ſwiðoſt ꞅynt onþã toweardan rice mid þam hælendan criſte. ⁊midþã halegan gaſte ınealra worulda woruld; 59r - 61r Homily VIII MENĐA leofeꞅtan manað uꞅ ⁊myngað onþyꞅꞅum bocum ⁊ mid ðam godeꞅ ꞅuna ðam þe aliofað ⁊rixaþ mid fæder ⁊mid ꞅuna ato widan feore ameN 61r - 65r Homily IX MEN ðaleofestan manað uꞅ ⁊mingaþ þeoꞅ halige boc þæt we mid him ⁊mid hiꞅ þam halegan gæꞅte wunigean ınealra worulda woruld ameN ; 65r - 71r Homily X HERsagað on þyꞅꞅum halegũ bocum be ælmihtigeꞅ drihten criſt wunaþ ⁊rixað mid eallũ halegum abutan ende ameN 71v - 73v Homily XI ſpelto forman gang dæge. MEN ðaleofestan þiꞅ ꞅindon halige dagaꞅ ⁊halwendlice gefultumige þe ofer uꞅ ealle liofað ⁊rixað. ameN 73v - 75v Homily XII ſpeltoðam oðrum gang dæge GIR ꞅan dæg we wæron manode menþa leofestan þiꞅꞅa haliga midhim ⁊mid hiꞅ halgum ainealra worulda woruld on ecnesse  75v - 76v Homily XIII ſpelto þriddan gangdæge ÐISISꞅe þridda dæg men þa leofeſtan þyꞅꞅe halgan tide þe uꞅ world to widan feore midfæder ⁊mid ꞅuna ⁊midþam halgan gaſte in ecneꞅꞅe ameN  76v - 80v Homily XIV lar ſpel to ſwylcere tide ſwa man wile . MEN ða leofestan þiꞅꞅynt halige dagaꞅ ⁊gaſtlice ⁊uꞅꞅũ odeꞅ halgum onþone heofen lican eðel ⁊þæꞅ ꞅiððan brucan onecneꞅꞅe amen ; 80v - 85v Homily XV ALIA OMELIADEDI E IVDICII. M sægð us onþyꞅꞅum bocum huꞅe halga thomas godes apsł ece gefean abutan ende ı scl̄a scl̄orum in secula seculorum ameN 85v - 90v Homily XVI OMELIA EPYFFANIA DNI M̄ sceolon we nú hwylcum hwegm wordum secgan be rixað nú áþurh eallra woruld áworuld ábutan ende ın ꞅclā sclōrum ameN. 90v - 94v Homily XVII DEPURIFICATIO SCAMIA M[Men þa leofestan] sægeð uꞅ ⁊myngaþ þiꞅ halige god ſpel be þysse arwyrðan aworuld abutan ende ınsca scorum am̄;in sæcula sæculorum, amen. 94v - 101r Homily XVIII DE SCO MARTINO CONF. M̄ magon we nu hwylcum hwego wordum asecgan leofaþ ⁊rixaþ á ıneallra woruld aworld abutan ende ameN; 101v - 103v Soul and Body I Huru, ðæs behofað hæleða æghwylc geþungen þrymlice þysses 104r - 104v Homiletic Fragment I sorh cymeð / manig ond mislic in manna dream. eorðan lifes ende gewyrcan! 104v - 106r The Dream of the Rood Hwæt! Ic swefna cyst secgan wylle ælmihtig god, þær his eðel wæs 106v - 109v Homily XIX MENða leofestan uꞅ gedafenaþ æreꞅt ꞅuna . ⁊mid þam haligan gaſte . ábutan ende amen :, 109v - 112r Homily XX MMEMENNÐA leofestan þiſ ꞅyndon halige dagaꞅ ⁊hal efen ecan haligan gafre abutan ende :, 112r - 116v Homily XXI MENĐALEOfestan usys mycel þearf þæt we god lufien of eallre haligan gaſte onwuldre ⁊onwyrð mynde áábutan ende onecneꞅꞅe; 116v - 120v Homily XXII hER ſægð hu sc̄s isodorus spræc be ðære sawle gedale ⁊be her on worulde ⁊on þære toweardan. seðe leofað ⁊ricsað aabutan ende in ecnesse 121r - 133v Elene þa wæs agangen geara hwyrftum wuldorcyninges to widan feore. Amen. 133v - 135v Homily XXIII Wæꞅ þær inþam ſprecenan iglande sum mycel hlæw of eorþan ge fona riceꞅ wuldre abutan ende onecneꞅꞅe amen fiat:,

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The Vercelli Book consists of 19 quires, marked with Roman numerals at the beginning of each quire, and with letters at the end. Originally the quires were based on eight leaves of parchment, but many leafs are missing and a few single leaves have been added sporadically. 1(10,-7), 2(12,-4,-8,-11), 3(8,-6,-8), 4(10,-3,-7), 5(10,-4,-8), 6(8,-3), 7(10,-4,-8), 8(12,-4,-8), 9(10,-4,-8), 10(10,-5,-9), 11(10,-4,-6,-8,-10), 12(6), 13(10,-3,-7,-9), 14(8,-3,-7), 15(8,-6), 16(10,-1,-4,-8), 17(4,-3,-4), 18(8), 19(8,-8) None Quires begin on fols. 1(1), [...]

Text is written in a single column per parchment leaf.

In the opinion of many scholars, the manuscript was written by a single scribe, who has been particularly diligent and meticulous in using the writing of that period, the Anglo-Saxon square minuscule.

The Vercelli Book is very simple in appearance, in fact only three initials are decorated (H on f. 49r, M on ff. 106v and 112r) with new texts usually beginning with a larger, undecorated initial.

The manuscript was written in England, presumably in the South-Eastern area, and seems to have never have left the country until the end of the eleventh century, since some notes in Old English were written into the margins and can be dated back to that time. It is still unclear how and when it came to Italy, a Latin verse of Psalm XXVI in neumatic notation written in Italian handwriting can be dated to the early XII century and is then a reasonable post-quem term.

Physical line breaks are rigidly observed.

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The Dream of the Rood, dating back to the first half of the 8th Century in its earliest version, is one of the first Christian poems in the corpus of Old English literature and one of the main examples of the genre of dream poetry in English. Due to its artistic qualities and overall relevance for Anglo-Saxon studies it is considered one of the most important achievements of Old English poetry; it is also one of the very few texts in this tradition that has been preserved in more than one witness. The complete poem can be found in the late 10th Century Vercelli Book codex, but a fragment was carved in runes on the 8th Century Ruthwell Stone Cross (Dumfriesshire, Scotland), and a small excerpt can be found also on the Brussels Cross (St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral, Brussels, Belgium), an Anglo-Saxon cross-reliquary of the early 11th century.

In the Vercelli Book the poem starts with the with the narrator having a dream: in this dream a wonderful object, which is later to be identified with the Holy Cross, stands in the air and tells the story of the crucifixion of Christ to the narrator.

Swanton, M.J. Ambiguity and anticipation in <title>The Dream of the Rood Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 70.3 1969 407-425 Studio sulla natura e sulla complessità linguistica del Sogno della Croce. DOTR Tale, George S. Chiasmus as metaphor: the <title>figura crucis tradition and The Dream of the Rood Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 79.2 1978 114-125 DOTR Wolf, Carol J. Christ as hero in <title>The Dream of the Rood Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 71.2 1970 203-210 DOTR Woolf, Rosemary Doctrinal Influences on <title>The Dream of the Rood Medium Ævum 27.3 1958 137-153 DOTR Bammesberger, Alfred A Doubtful Reconstruction of the Old English Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem Studia Neophilologica 74 2002 143-45 Response to David Howlett. DOTR Gvozdetskaya, N. Yu Semantika drevneangliyskoy poeticheskoy formuly (na materiale Beovul'fa i Videniya kresta) (The Semantics of the Old English Poetic Formula, Based on Beowulf and The Dream of the Rood) Lingvistika na rubezhe epoh. Idei i toposy. Sbornik statey: ( = Linguistics at the Turn of the Millennium: Ideas and Topoi: Essay Collection) Moscow n.p. 2001 245-62 DOTR Conti, Aidan An Anonymous Homily for Palm Sunday, The Dream of the Rood, and the Progress of Ælfric's Reform Notes and Queries n.s. 48 2001 377-80 DOTR Wheelock, Jeremy I. The Word Made Flesh: 'engel dryhtnes' in <title>The Dream of the Rood English Language Notes 37.3 2000 1-11 DOTR Sorrell, Paul Word Alchemy: a Window on Anglo-Saxon Culture Parabola 25.2 2000 62-68 Roberts, Jane Some Relationships between <title>The Dream of the Rood and the Cross at Ruthwell Stud. in Med. Eng. Lang. and Lit. (Tokyo) 15 2000 1-25 DOTR RC Ó Carragáin, Éamonn The Annunciation of the Lord and His Passion: a Liturgical Topos from St Peter's on the Vatican in <title>The Dream of the Rood, Thomas Cranmer and John Donne Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Related Themes in Memory of Lynne Grundy Jane Roberts and Janet Nelson London Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, King's College, University of London 2000 339-81 King's College London Medieval Studies 17 DOTR Crawford, Robert The Vision of the Cross Stand n.s. 2.2 2000 143-46 Traduzione. DOTR Britt Mize. “The Mental Container and the Cross of Christ: Revelation and Community in The Dream of the Rood.” Studies in Philology 107.2 (2010): 131–178. Project MUSE. Web. Galloway, Andrew. “Dream-Theory in The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer.” The Review of English Studies 45.180 (1994): 475–485. Print. New Series. Heckman, Christina M. “Imitatio in Early Medieval Spirituality: The Dream of the Rood, Anselm, and Militant Christology.” Essays in Medieval Studies 22.1 (2005): 141–153. Project MUSE. Web. Irvine, Susan. “Adam or Christ? A Pronominal Pun in The Dream of the Rood.” The Review of English Studies 48.192 (1997): 433–447. Print. New Series. LUISELLI FADDA, Anna Maria. “La Croce Nella Tradizione Poetica Anglosassone (sec. VIII-IX).” Romanobarbarica: Contributi allo studio dei rapporti culturali tra mondo latino e mondo barbarico 17 (2003): 333–359. Print. Thieme, Adelheid L. J. “Gift Giving as a Vital Element of Salvation in ‘The Dream of the Rood.’” South Atlantic Review 63.2 (1998): 108–123. JSTOR. Web. The Mental Container and the Cross of Christ: Revelation and Community in The Dream of the Rood Britt Mize Studies in Philology 1543-0383 10.1353/sip.0.0050 107 2 131-178 2010 2011-05-21 19:28:20 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/studies_in_philology/v107/107.2.mize.html Imitatio in Early Medieval Spirituality: The Dream of the Rood, Anselm, and Militant Christology Christina M.Heckman Essays in Medieval Studies 1538-4608 10.1353/ems.2006.0006 22 1 141-153 2005 2011-05-21 19:36:24 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/essays_in_medieval_studies/v022/22.1heckman.html La Croce nella tradizione poetica anglosassone (sec. VIII-IX) Anna MariaLUISELLI FADDA Romanobarbarica: Contributi allo studio dei rapporti culturali tra mondo latino e mondo barbarico 0391-285X 17 333-359 2003 Gift Giving as a Vital Element of Salvation in "The Dream of the Rood" Adelheid L. J.Thieme South Atlantic Review 0277335X 10.2307/3201041 63 2 108-123 1998 2011-03-23 13:42:10 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3201041 Adam or Christ? A Pronominal Pun in The Dream of the Rood SusanIrvine The Review of English Studies 00346551 48 192 433-447 1997 2011-03-23 13:42:09 http://www.jstor.org/stable/518491 New Series Dream-Theory in The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer AndrewGalloway The Review of English Studies 00346551 45 180 475-485 1994 2011-03-23 13:42:07 http://www.jstor.org/stable/517806 New Series
Wæt ic wefna ct secgan wylle hæt hwæt mege mætte me gemætte to midre nihte syðþan reord brnd reordberend reste wunedon. þuhte me þæt ic ge awe gesawe yllicre treow onlyft on lyft lædan leohte be wunden bewunden beama beorhtot eall þætbeacen wæ be goten begoten mid golde gimma todon fægereæt foldan ceatum . wylce þær fife wæron uppe onþam on þam eaxle ge panne eaxlegespanne be heoldon beheoldon þær engel drhtne ealle fægere þurh forð ge sceaft forðgesceaft newæ ne wæs ðærhuru ðær huru fracode gealga . chine ac hine þær beheoldon halige gata men ofer moldan eall and eall þeo mære ge ceaft gesceaft Syllic wæ e ige beam sigebeam c and ic ynn synnum fh for wunded forwunded mid womm wommum ge seah geseah ic wuldre treow. wædum geweorðode wynn wynnum scinan ge gyred gegyred mid golde gimma hæfdon be wrigene bewrigene weorðlice wealdes wealdendes treow hwæðre icþurh þæt gold ongytan meahte earmra ærgewinþæt hit ærest ongan wætan on þa wiðran healfe eallic eall ic wæ mid urgum sorgum gedrefed . Forht icwæ ic wæs forþære fægran ge yhðe gesyhðe ge eah geseah ic þæt fue beacen. XV 105. wendan wædum bleom and bleom hwilum hit wæ mid wætan be temed bestemed . bewyledmid wate gange . wilum mid ince gegyrwed . wæðre icþær ic þær licgende lange hwile. beheold hreow cearig hreowcearig . hælende treow. oððæt icgehyrde ic gehyrde þæt hit hleoðrode ongan þa word precanwudu elesta þæt wæs geara iu . cþæt ic þæt gyta ge man geman . þæt ic wæheawen holte onende on ende atyred of tefne min minum .genaman meðær me ðær trange feonda ge worhton geworhton him þær to wæfer yne wæfersyne heton me heora werga hebban . bæron meðær me ðær beornaon eaxlum oððæt hie me onbeorg on beorg aetton gefæt nodon gefæstnodon meþær feonda genoge . ge eah geseah ic þa frean man cynnes mancynnes eftanelne mycle . þæt he me wolde onge tigan on gestigan . þær icþa ic þa nedorte ne dorste ofer drhtne word bugan oððe bertan .þa icbifian ic bifian geeah eorðan ceata ealle ic mihte feonda gefyllan hwæðre icfæste ic fæste tod. Ongyrede hine þa geong hæleð þæt wæ godælmihtig trang tið mod and stiðmod . ge tah gestah he ongealgan on gealgan heanne modig onmanigra on manigra ge yhðe gesyhðe . þa he wolde man cyn mancyn lyan . ifode icþa ic þa me e beorn mb clpte ymbclypte . ne dorte ic hwæðrebugan to eorðan feallan tofoldan to foldan ceat sceatum . c icceolde ic sceolde fæstetandan. Rod wæ icaræred ic aræred . hof ic ricne cyning heofonahlaford. hyldan me ne dorte . þurh drifan þurhdrifan hime hi me middeorcan nægl næglum . on me yndon þa dolg geiene gesiene opene nwidhlemma . ne dorte ic hira nænig nænigum ceððan bymeredon hieunc butu ætgædre eall ic wæ mid blode bestemed .begoten ofþæ guman idan . iððan he hæfde hi gat onended. fealaic onþam on þam beorge gebiden hæbbe wraðra wyrda . ge eah geseah ic werudagod þearle þenian þytro hæfdon be wrigen bewrigen mid wolcnumwealdende hræw. cirne ciman ceadu forð eode forðeode . wannunder wolcnum weop ealge ceaft eal gesceaft cwiðdon cyninge fyllcrit wæ onrode on rode hwæðere þær fue feorran cwoman toþam æðelinge icþæt ic þæt eall be heold beheold . Sare ic wæ mid sorgum gdrefedhnag ic hwæðre þam ecg secgum to handa eað mod eaðmod elne mcle ge namon genamon hie þær ælmihtigne god God hofon hine of ðam hefian wite forleton me þa hilde rinca hilderincas tandan teame be drifnne bedrifenne eall ic wæ mid trælum for wundod forwundod ledon hieðær lim werigne limwerigne ge stodon gestodon him æt hi lice heafd heafdum be heoldon beheoldon hieðær heofene drhten he and he hine ðær hwile reste meðe æfterðam miclan gewinne , Ongunnon him þa mold æ e rn wyrcan beorna on banan geyhðe curfon hie ðæt ofbeorhtan of beorhtan tane geetton hie ðær on sigora wealdend ongunnon him þa orhleoð galan earme onþa on þa æfen tide æfentide þa hie woldon eft iðian meðe fram þam mæran þeodne reste he ðær mæte weorode hwæðere weðær we ðær reotende greotende gode hwile . todon on taðole yððanstefn upge wat up ge wat hilderinca . hræw colode fæger feorg bold feorgbold þa uman fyllan ongan . ealle to eorðan þæt wæ eglic wyrd be dealf bedealf u man ondeopan on deopan eaþe hwæðre me þær drhtneþegna freonda gefrunon ond gyredon me golde eolfre and seolfre , . Nuðu Nu ðu miht ge hyran gehyran hæleð min e leofa þæt ic bealuwaraweorc ge biden gebiden hæbbe sarra orga i nu æl cumn þæt meweorðiað wide ide and side menn ofer moldan eall and eall þeo mæregeceaft . ge biddaþ gebiddaþ him toþy toþyssum beacne on me bearngode bearn godes þrowode hwile forþan ic þrm fæst þrymfæst nu. hlifige under heofen heofenum . ic and ic hælan mæg . æg hwlcne æghwylcne anra þara þe himbið him bið ega tome to me iu icwæ icwæs geworden wita heardot . leodum laðot ærþan ichim ic him lif weg rihtne germde reord berend reordberendum hwæt me þageweorðode þa geweorðode wuldre ealdor oferholmwudu ofer holmwudu heofon rice heofon rices weard, wylce wahe swa he hi modor eacmarian ylfe ælmihtig god God . for ealle menn geweorðodeofer eall wifa cynn. Nu icþe ic þe hate hæleð . min seleofa se leofa . þæt ðu þa ge yhðe gesyhðe ecge mann mannum onwreoh word wordum þæt hit iwuldre beam eðe se ðe ælmihtig god God onþrowode on þrowode . formancynn for mancynnes maneg manegum ynn synnum . and adome Adames ealdge wyrht ealdgewyrhtum deað heþær byrigde hwæðere eft drhtn ara mid hi miclanmihte mann mannum tohelpe to helpe heða he ða on heofena atag . hidereft fundaþ onþyne on þy middan geard middangeard man cynn mancynn ecan on 106. dom dæge domdæge drhten lfa ælmihtig god God hi and his engla mid . þæt heþonne wile deman e ah dome geweald anra ge hwylc gehwylcum wa hehim ærur her onþyum on þyssum lænum life ge earnaþ geearnaþ . ne mæg þærænig unforht wean . forþam for þam worde . þe e wealdend cwyð. frineð he forþære for þære mænige hwær e man ie eðe se ðe for dr htne dryhtnes naman deaðe wo,lde wolde bitere onbyrigan wa he ær onðam beame dyde . c hie þonne forhtiað . fea þencaþ hwæt hieto hie to crite Criste cweðan onginnen . Neþearf Ne þearf ðær þonne ænig unforhtwean þe him ær inbreot in breostum bereð beacna elest . Acðurh Ac ðurh ða rode ceal rice geecan of eorð wege eorðwege æg hwylc æghwylc sawl eo þemid wealdende wunian þnceð ge bæd gebæd ic me þa toþan to þan beamebliðe mode elne mycle þæric þær ic ana wæ mæte wrede wæ mod efa modsefa afyed onforð wege on forðwege feala ealra ge bad gebad langunghwila i me nu life hyht þæt,icþone þæt ic þone ige beam sigebeam ecan mote ana oftor þonne ealle men well weorþian me i willa toðam to ðam mycel onmode on mode min and min mundbyrd mund byrd i geriht toþære to þære rode .Nah ic ricra feala freonda onfoldan on foldan on chie ac hie forð heonon gewiton of worulde dreamum ohton him wuldre cyning lifiaþ nu onheofen on heofenum mid heah fædere heahfædere wuniaþ onwuldre on wuldre icwne and ic wene me daga ge hwylce gehwylce hwænne me drhtnes rd þe icher ic her oneorðan on eorðan ær ceawode onþyon on þysson lænan life ge fetige gefetige me and me þn þonne gebrinþær i bli mcel dream on heofon heofonum þær i drhtne folc geeted to mle þær i ingal bli he ond me þn þonne aette þær icyþþan mot wunian onwuldre on wuldre well midþam mid þam halg halgum dreamebrucan ime si me drhten frond eðe se ðe her on eorþan ærþrowode ær þrowode onþ onþam gealg treowe gealgtreowe forguman for guman ynn synnum he u onlyde u and us lif for geaf forgeaf heofonlicne ham hiht wæ ge niwad geniwad mid bled bledum midblie and mid blisse þ þe þær bryne þolodan. eunu se Sunu wæ igor fæst sigorfæst on þ iðfate mihtig pedig and spedig . þa he mid manigeo com gata weorodeo ongode on godes rice anwealda ælmihtig engl englum toblie to blisse . eall and eallum ðam halg halgum þamþe þam þe onheofon on heofonum ær wunedon onwuldre on wuldre þa heorawealdnd cwom ælmihtig god God þær hi eðel wæ

The scribe here wrote a word, 'þrowode', that he later corrected in 'wolde' by erasing the first three letters and adding an 'l'. In this image you can see the contours of the erased letters.