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rnz.co.nzfinance18 days ago
Two Previously Unknown Sermons by St Augustine Found in Polish Manuscript
GB News reported that a 12th-century manuscript preserved in Poland contains two previously unknown sermons by St Augustine on the biblical account of King Saul and the Witch of Endor. Professor Christian Tornau discovered the texts in 2024. A group of 20 Latin specialists confir…
New York Postworld57 days ago
Researchers Discover Oldest Surviving English Poem in 9th-Century Manuscript in Rome
Irish scholars identified Caedmon's Hymn inside a 9th-century copy of Bede's Ecclesiastical History held at Rome's National Central Library. The find pushes the earliest known integrated copy of the Old English poem back three centuries.