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Trinity researchers have discovered a lost copy of the first known poem in English - but do you know the full story behind Cædmon and his 7th century hymn?
Medieval manuscripts, like the one containing the poem uncovered in a library in Rome by our experts, are key to our understanding of the written word today. In fact, Caedmon’s Hymn is so significant that it is one of the first texts analysed by undergraduates in English at Trinity College Dublin.
Enjoy an exclusive, fly on the wall conversation between our students and their lecturers here at Trinity, on the back of this exciting discovery. Watch the full video over on YouTube now – direct link in our bio.
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Prof Mark Faulkner, Associate Professor at the TCD School of English, and Dr Elisabetta Magnanti, Research Fellow also the School of English in conversation with Maria Charisi, 1st year undergraduate, and Aurora Ventoruzzo, 4th year undergraduate both...
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