Carmen Rhythmicum

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Original titleUnknown
Written7th-8th century
CountryKingdom of Wessex
LanguageLatin
Carmen Rhythmicum
by Aldhelm
Alhelm's Carmen Rhythmicum in Codex Vindobonensis 751 f.40r-40v.
Original titleUnknown
Written7th-8th century
CountryKingdom of Wessex
LanguageLatin
Subject(s)Extreme weather in Southwest England and its effects on a church.
MeterContinuous octosyllables

The Carmen Rhythmicum ("Rhythmic Poem") is a 7th-8th century poem written in Latin by Aldhelm. It is the earliest example of the verse form continuous octosyllables, of which he may have been the inventor,[1] and the earliest surviving reference to Cornwall.[2]

The original manuscript is preserved uniquely in the Codex Vindobonensis 751 which comprises the papers of Lul, archbishop of Mainz, who was an alumnus of Malmesbury. The original poem bears no title, the name "Carmen Rhythmicum" having been conceived by Rudolf Ehwald.[3]

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