Irish researchers find oldest English-language poem in forgotten medieval book in Rome

Researchers in Ireland marveled at their computer screen as they flipped through the digitized pages of a medieval book ...

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem, hiding in a medieval book in a Roman library.
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First Poem Ever Written in English 1,300 Years Ago Found Hidden Inside Library in Rome

A rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon’s Hymn — the first poem ever written down in Old English — is visible in the five lines ...

Oldest surviving English poem in history discovered in manuscript in Roman library

ROME — The researchers in Ireland looked at their computer screen, marveling at a medieval book tracked down in a Roman ...

1,300-Year-Old Secret: Lost Medieval Manuscript Finally Found Hiding in Plain Sight

Old-fashioned sleuthing and modern technology have led to the discovery of a manuscript containing a poem written by a farm ...

‘Speechless’ experts uncover oldest English poem hiding in medieval book

Researchers in Ireland have unearthed what is believed to be the oldest surviving English poem, discovered within the pages ...
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'A remarkable time capsule': The enchanting history of Oxford University's 750-year-old medieval library

Predating the Aztec Empire, Merton College Library in Oxford has been used by everyone from celebrated 14th-Century mathematicians to JRR Tolkien. In an exclusive interview with the BBC for its 750th ...
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Researchers ‘speechless’ as oldest English poem found in medieval book in Rome

Caedmon’s Hymn was composed in Old English by a Northumbrian agricultural worker in the seventh century.

Medieval manuscript found in Rome contains oldest surviving English poem: What’s in the 1300-yo poem?

A lost medieval manuscript containing one of the earliest English poems, Caedmon's Hymn, has been rediscovered in a Roman ...