研究者らがローマで1200年前の写本を特定し、英語で書かれた最初の詩とされる「カドモンの賛歌」の現存する最古の写本のひとつであることを突き止めた。この発見は、初期中世において古英語がどのように評価されていたのか、新たな洞察をもたらすものである。
ダブリン大学トリニティ・カレッジの研究チームが、ローマの国立中央図書館で9世紀初頭の写本を発見した。800年から830年の間に作成されたこの写本は、神による世界の創造を称える9行の詩の写本としては、現存する中で3番目に古い。古英語のテキストが余白にのみ記されていた初期のバージョンとは異なり、今回の写本では、ベーダ・ヴェネラビリスの著書『イングランド教会史』のメインとなるラテン語の本文の中に、詩が直接組み込まれている。
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