Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Some of the most important works from this period include the poem Beowulf, which has achieved national epic status in Britain. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of early English history. In total there are about 400 surviving manuscripts containing Old English text, 189 of them considered major. These manuscripts have been highly prized by collectors since the 16th centur.

Saturday, January 31, 2009. Is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit. Which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The same fruit is also used to produce white pepper. Black pepper is native to South India and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropical regions. The fruit, known as a peppercorn. When dried, is a small drupe five millimetres in diameter, dark red when fully mature, containing a single seed. Is derived from the Sanskrit pippali.