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 ...

beowulf british library scan The British Library, famed for holding every book published in the UK over the past hundred years, has added digital copies of some of its older manuscripts.

The national library of the United Kingdom releases software that lets iPod, iPad, and Android users explore many of its treasures. British Library app brings Beowulf, The Beatles - CNET X ...

As the cold sting of winter finally starts to fade, so the literary festival season edges closer. An addition to the line-up this year is a five-day celebration of the legendary saga of Beowulf ...

The national library of Great Britain and the world's largest library, the British Library, is launching its first smartphone app today for iPhone, iPad and Android. The "Treasures" app offers a ...

Here’s something that’s awesome: The ancient “Beowulf” manuscript is now online — for the first time ever — in all its 3,186 lines of Old English, monster-slaying parchment-y glory.

Dec. 15 (UPI) --A Pennsylvania library revealed a copy of Chauncey Brewster Tinker's classic Beowulf was recently returned after being checked out 54 years earlier. The Sewickley Public Library ...

Auctions The British Library Has Joined Forces With Other U.K. Institutions to Save a Historic Manuscript Collection From the Auction Block. Valued at $21 million, the Honresfield Library includes ...