Caedmon manuscript
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CaedmonManuscriptPage46Illust.jpg
CaedmonManuscriptPage46Illust.jpg
In this illustration from page 46 of the Caedmon manuscript, an angel is shown guarding the gates of paradise.
The Caedmon Manuscript, also known as the Junius Manuscript, is an Old English document copied about AD 1000 that contains biblical poetry and some illustrations. It was originally seen as the work of Caedmon which was described in Bede's writings but is now thought to be the work of several writers. It contains poetic versions of the Old Testament books of Genesis, Exodus, and Daniel, as well as a three-part poem referred to as Christ and Satan, which details the Fall of Satan, Christ's harrowing of Hell (from the Apocryphal New Testament book of Nicodemus), and Christ's temptation in the desert. It is in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, where its official designation is MS Junius 11.