While conducting research in the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, a scholar discovered something remarkable: a handwritten copy of a sonnet by William Shakespeare dating back nearly 400 years.

A forgotten copy of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 was found tucked away in a 17th-century manuscript in the Oxford Library. […] ...

A rare hand-written copy of one of the most famous love poems ever written has been discovered after hundreds of years. Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ...

the sonnet’s adaptation and unique context shed light on a fundamental slice of 17th-century English history. “As I was leafing through the manuscript, the poem struck me as an odd version of ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 was discovered in a 17th-century poetry collection among Elias Ashmole's papers. This version, adapted as a ...

marking only the second known manuscript of the poem. Dr. Leah Veronese, an English professor, discovered the version hidden in a 17th-century collection of texts while conducting research ...

Last year, while sifting through centuries-old hand-written manuscripts in Oxford’s ... a leading English songwriter of the mid-17th century. Though the Bodleian Library version only offers ...

With Bill Newman's help, we've "decoded" a page from one of these manuscripts. To orient yourself to the bewildering world of 17th-century alchemy, we recommend you first read our interview with ...

These artefacts, which will be loaned from the National Library of China, include manuscripts, opera scripts and ...