Mercia

The context of a manuscript enables the close study of the Anglo Saxon period, the manuscript on which a text is written provides a bridge between those reading the literature and the script its self. As John D Niles said when studying old English poetry the format in which it is presented allows a clearer view of the original intent of that piece. The original manuscript can portray common themes by the position of the texts within it, and the layout of each text on the page also gives vital…