![Typographic tables of Anglo-Saxon and runic type used in Hickes’s Thesaurus (1703), New College Library, Oxford, NB.187.17](/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-07/Typographic%20tables%20of%20Anglo-Saxon%20and%20runic%20type%20used%20in%20Hickes%E2%80%99s%20Thesaurus%20%281703%29%2C%20New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20NB.187.17%2C%20p.%201%20and%20p.%20136.png.webp?itok=xYpGZLl0)
Old English at New: Early Printed Books in Anglo-Saxon Type, 1570–1705
Issue number
(2023): 19
Notes category
After over four centuries of neglect and disregard, Anglo-Saxon language, lore, and literature saw a renaissance in the 16th century. This is usually associated with the Reformation, and more specifically with the dissolution of the monasteries through which a number of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts from the monastic libraries came into the hands of interested antiquarians bent on preserving ancient knowledge and art.
New College Library, Oxford, NB.187.17