As far as we are aware, this is the only specifically identifiable book, aside from the generic book - or possibly Bible - of Riddle 24, that 'speaks' to us from the Anglo-Saxon period, albeit on another's behalf.

: Ic eom halgungboc; healde hine dryhten
: þe me fægere þus frætewum belegde.
: þureð to þance þus het me wyrcean,
: to loue and to wurðe, þam þe leoht gesceop.
: Gemyndi is he mihta gehwylcre
: þæs þe he on foldan gefremian mæg,
: and him geþancie þeoda waldend
: þæs þe he on gemynde madma manega
: wyle gemearcian metode to lace;
: and he sceal ece lean ealle findan
: þæs þe he on foldan fremaþ to ryhte.

: I am a benedictional; may the Lord protect him
: who thus decorated me beautifully with ornaments.
: Thureth gratefully ordered me to be made in this way
: in praise and in honour of Him who created the light.
: He (Thureth ) is mindful of all the mighty works
: which He (God ) is able to bring about on earth,
: and the Ruler of Nations shall reward him,
: because, mindful of many treasures,
: he wishes to designate (me) as an offering to the Lord.
: And he shall fully obtain eternal reward,
: because he acts properly here on earth.〔 The article also includes the edited text of the poem at p.360 and facsimile of the manuscript text at p.364.〕