Manuscrito perdido em Roma revela o mais antigo poema em inglês

18 de maio de 2026

Reportado por IA

Pesquisadores identificaram um manuscrito de 1.200 anos em Roma que contém uma das cópias mais antigas conhecidas do Hino de Caedmon, o primeiro poema escrito em inglês. A descoberta oferece novos conhecimentos sobre como o inglês antigo era valorizado no início da Idade Média.

Acadêmicos do Trinity College Dublin descobriram o manuscrito do início do século IX na Biblioteca Nacional Central de Roma. Datado entre 800 e 830, é a terceira cópia sobrevivente mais antiga do poema de nove linhas que louva a criação do mundo por Deus. Diferente das versões anteriores, onde o texto em inglês antigo aparece apenas nas margens, esta cópia integra o poema diretamente ao texto principal em latim da obra História Eclesiástica do Povo Inglês, de Beda.

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