Which 11th-century bishop is credited with donating the Exeter Book to the library of Exeter Cathedral?
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Correct answer: Bishop Leofric
Bishop Leofric, the first Bishop of Exeter, included the manuscript in his 1072 inventory of books donated to the cathedral. He described it in Old English as 'mycel englisc boc be gehwilcum þingum on leoðwisan geworht' (a large English book about various things wrought in verse).
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