Nowell Codex

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf manuscript
gptkbp:academicAdvisor debate over its authorship
gptkbp:adaptation adapted into films and plays
gptkbp:author unknown
gptkbp:barrelLength originally bound in leather
gptkbp:citedBy numerous literary analyses
gptkbp:conservationEfforts ongoing conservation efforts
fragile condition
survived a fire in 1731
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Beowulf
gptkb:The_Fight_at_Finnsburg
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired modern fantasy literature
gptkbp:culturalSignificance reflects the values of its time
gptkbp:dimensions approximately 30 cm x 20 cm
gptkbp:drawings contains no illustrations
gptkbp:famousLandmark gptkb:MS._Cotton_Vitellius_A.xv
gptkbp:format manuscript codex
gptkbp:historical_analysis multiple editions published
subject of extensive academic study
gptkbp:historicalContext written during the early medieval period
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gptkbp:influence influenced_later_English_literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Christianity
pagan_traditions
gptkbp:language gptkb:Anglo-Saxon
gptkbp:location gptkb:British_Library
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Beowulf
gptkb:J.R.R._Tolkien
good vs evil
loyalty
fate
heroism
Tolkien's_essay_'Beowulf:_The_Monsters_and_the_Critics'
gptkbp:notableQuote famous_lines_from_Beowulf
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:relatedPatent The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Exeter Book
The Vercelli Book
gptkbp:releaseYear discovered in the 16th century
gptkbp:significance important_for_understanding_Old_English_literature
gptkbp:sisterCity digitized for online access
gptkbp:style epic poetry
gptkbp:translatedInto translated into many languages
gptkbp:type literary work
gptkbp:yearEstablished circa 1000 AD