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Lost 1,200-year-old manuscript contains the first English poem
A long-lost manuscript discovered in Rome has revealed one of the oldest surviving versions of the very first known poem written in English. Hidden for decades and once believed lost, the 1,200-year-old manuscript contains Caedmon’s Hymn — a nine-line Old English poem said to have been miraculously composed by a shy Northumbrian cowherd after a divine dream.
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theguardian.com
Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder
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irishtimes.com
Rare copy of oldest poem in English language discovered by TCD researchers
Caedmon’s Hymn was written in the late seventh century in Old English by the English monk, author and scholar Bebe
