WebCædmon (/ ˈ k æ d m ən, ˈ k æ d m ɒ n /; fl. c. 657 – 684) is the earliest English poet whose name is known. A Northumbrian cowherd who cared for the animals at the double monastery of Streonæshalch (now known as Whitby Abbey) during the abbacy of St. Hilda, he was originally ignorant of "the art of song" but learned to compose one night in the …

WebCædmon's Hymn is a short Old English poem attributed to Cædmon, a supposedly illiterate and unmusical cow-herder who was, according to the Northumbrian monk Bede (d. 731), miraculously empowered to sing in honour of God the Creator.The poem is Cædmon's only known composition. The poem has a claim to being the oldest surviving English poem: if …

WebEarly life. Alexander Caedmon Karp was born on 2 October 1967 in New York City, the son of a Jewish father and an African American mother, Karp was raised in Philadelphia and graduated from Central High School in 1985. He has said he struggled with dyslexia from an early age.. Karp earned a bachelor's degree from Haverford College (Haverford, …

WebA part of The Dream of the Rood can be found on the eighth-century Ruthwell Cross, which is an 18 feet (5.5 m), free-standing Anglo-Saxon cross that was perhaps intended as a 'conversion tool'. At each side of the vine-tracery are carved runes.There is an excerpt on the cross that was written in runes along with scenes from the Gospels, lives of saints, …

WebIn 1958, she, Roger Livesey, Terry-Thomas, Rita Webb, Judith Furse, and Miles Malleson, recorded 'Indian Summer of an Uncle', and 'Jeeves Takes Charge' for the Caedmon Audio record label, (Caedmon Audio TC-1137). It was released in stereo in 1964. Partial filmography. Brass Monkey (1948) – Herself

WebThe Battles of Dune, New York: Caedmon Records, 1979. The Truths of Dune "Fear is the Mindkiller", New York: Caedmon Records, 1979. Interviews. Interviews with Frank Herbert, Vertex, 1973, 1977. The Plowboy interview Frank …

WebLife. Donald Swann was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales.His father, Herbert Alfredovich Swann, was a Russian doctor of English descent, from the expatriate community that started out as the Muscovy Company.His mother, Naguimé Sultán Swann (born Piszóva), was a Turkmen-Russian nurse from Ashgabat, now part of Turkmenistan. They …

WebSzent Caedmon szerzetes (február 11.) Arles-i Szent Caesarius püspök (augusztus 27.) Szent Cassianus apát (július 23.) Szent Cecília (november 22.) Giménez Malla Boldog Ceferino (május 4.) I. Celesztin pápa; V. Celesztin pápa (május 19.) Metzi Chlodulf (május 8.) Szent Cirill (február 14.) Jeruzsálemi Szent Cirill (március 18.)

WebThe Wanderer is an Old English poem preserved only in an anthology known as the Exeter Book, a manuscript dating from the late 10th century.It comprises 115 lines of alliterative verse.As is often the case with Anglo-Saxon verse, the composer and compiler are anonymous, and within the manuscript the poem is untitled.

WebThe Exeter Book, also known as the Codex Exoniensis or Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, is a large codex of Old English poetry, believed to have been produced in the late tenth century AD. It is one of the four major manuscripts of Old English poetry, along with the Vercelli Book in Vercelli, Italy, the Nowell Codex in the British Library, and the Junius …