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Oldest English poem discovered by Irish researchers in Roman library manuscript
A team of Irish researchers has unearthed what they believe to be the oldest surviving English poem, a remarkable discovery made while poring over a medieval manuscript in a Roman library. Flipping through its digitised pages, the academics from Trinity College Dublin found their long-sought treasur...
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A medieval book in Rome has been hiding the oldest English poem
Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem in a Roman library. The poem, "Caedmon’s Hymn," was composed in Old English by a Northumbrian worker in the…
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English literature's 'first-ever poem' hidden in lost medieval book in Rome revealed and it was composed by agricultural worker
Composed in Old English by a Northumbrian agricultural worker in the 7th century, "Caedmons Hymn" appears within some copies of the “Ecclesiastical History of the English People,”…
