The Exeter Riddle Book

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The Exeter Riddle Book
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Exeter Riddle Book

Edition year 1978
Binding parchment
Illustrator Virgil Burnett
Translator Kevin Crossley-Holland
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 140
Dimensions 22.2 × 14.2 cm

Edition details

The Exeter Riddle Book, translated and introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Full-page frontispiece and 75 head-pieces by Virgil Burnett. Bound in grey vegetable parchment with a design in blue and gold by Jeff Clements. Pale blue endleaves. Brown-red slipcase. 22.2x14.2cm. 140pp

About the book

The Exeter Book riddles are a celebrated collection of Old English verse preserved in a tenth-century manuscript. Their subjects range from everyday objects, animals and natural phenomena to weapons, tools and religious ideas, often speaking in the first person and challenging the reader to identify the answer. Playful, enigmatic and sometimes bawdy, the riddles offer a remarkable glimpse into Anglo-Saxon language, imagination and material culture.

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