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The Old Stile Press
The Seafarer
Monmouth, Gwent: The Old Stile Press, 1988. Stk.
+ PR 1772 A2 1988. The Anglo Saxon poem, The Seafarer, exists only in one manuscript, Exeter
Cathedral Library ms. 3501, more commonly known as the Exeter Book.
For a manuscript written between 970 and 990, the codex is in relatively
good condition, in spite of the fact that it is missing a few leaves,
has been used as a cutting board and a tea coaster, and has suffered
some destructive burns on the last folio. Kevin Crossley-Holland,
an avid fan of the Anglo-Saxon period, has translated this Old English
elegy and employed the Danish abstract artist Inger Lawrance to
create from woodcuts her image-works. It was hand-set using Albertus
types by Nicolas McDowall, owner-operator of The Old Stile Press.
This is no. 108 of 240, and is signed by the artist and the translator.
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