Old English Writing

The English language has its roots in the Anglo-Saxon manuscripts of Beowulf and, ultimately, the Indo-European languages of the ancient world.

The Maginogion
The Mabinogion is an ancient Welsh document that contains an ancient set of stories with similarities to Sanskrit mastories.

Infinite Secrets
From PBS's award-winning NOVA series, a webpage in support of their special on the lost manuscript of Archimedes (or rather, a lost copy), hidden beneath a medieval manuscript.

The Adventures of Beowulf
Newly translated from the Old English by David Breeden and illustrated by Randy Grochoske, Beowulf is one of ht oldest (if not the oldest) existing Anglo Saxon texts, dated to ca 600-1000 AD.

Chaucer
Complete online texts of Geoffrey Chaucer, medieval author of the Cantebury Tales; includes both electronic texts and audio files.

Medieval Manuscripts
From the Bodleian Library, a collection of images of manuscripts in various languages beginning from the 11th through 17th centuries AD.

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