Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile provides students and scholars with a fundamental tool in the field of Anglo-Saxon studies. The project aimed to produce complete facsimiles of the five-hundred or so manuscripts containing Old English. Each volume presented facsimiles and descriptions of complete manuscripts. The descriptions are prepared by experienced scholars basing their work on first-hand examination of the manuscripts and extensive research.

Manuscripts are described in toto, even though the post-Anglo-Saxon material that is found as part of many of them may demonstrate no immediate or ultimate relationship with Anglo-Saxon interests. Many or most manuscripts are basically in Latin, with small amounts of Old English text. To have edited the facsimiles and descriptions, presenting only confirmed Anglo-Saxon parts, or Old English words, would eliminate important material to be noticed or discovered and in any case would remove Anglo-Saxon vestiges from their actual material and cultural contexts. Users must decide for themselves the relevance of the materials presented in the series.