The Vercelli Book is one of the oldest of the Old English Poetic Codices, one of the others being the Junius manuscript, is one of the how many major codices of Old English literature?
Vercelli Book The Vercelli Book is one of the oldest of the four Old English Poetic Codices (the others being the Junius manuscript, the Exeter Book, and the Nowell Codex). It is an anthology of Old English prose and verse that dates back to the late 10th century. The manuscript is housed in the Capitulary Library of Vercelli, in northern Italy.
Sir Isumbras Sir Isumbras is a medieval metrical romance written in Middle English and found in no fewer than nine manuscripts dating to the fifteenth century. This popular romance must have been circulating in England before 1320, because William of Nassington, in his work "Speculum Vitae", which dates from this time, mentions feats of arms and other 'vanities', such as those found in stories of "Sir Guy of Warwick", "Bevis of Hampton", "Octavian" and "Sir Isumbras". Unlike the other three stories, the Middle English "Sir Isumbras" is not a translation of an Old French original.