Marvels of the East

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The Marvels of the East is one of the prose works in Cotton Vitellius A. xv, also called the Nowell Codex. An illuminated version, presented in both Anglo-Saxon and Latin, also appears in Cotton Tiberius B v. The text describes various far-off lands, including Babylon and Egypt, and their fantastic inhabitants.

[edit] References

  • Orchard, Andy. Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the Beowulf Manuscript. University of Toronto Press, 2003. ISBN 0802085830
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