The only extant manuscript of Beowulf, the oldest English verse poem, is on display at the British Library, but few scholars can examine the text firsthand. Electronic Beowulf, a recently released ...

There are four original manuscripts containing poetry in Old English—the now-defunct language of the medieval Anglo-Saxons—that have survived to the present day. No more, no less. They are: the ...

The British Library has the original manuscript of Beowulf that was published in the year 1000, most likely during the reign of King Æthelred the Unready. It is widely considered the best poem ever ...