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English: Folio 137r of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. It contains part of section III, lines 205-228 of the poem; J.R.R. Tolkien used lines 210-228 in his essay "On Translating Beowulf". Part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A XV manuscript currently located within the British Library. This is a digital photographic copy of the folio.
Date circa 975–1025
Source http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv_f094r
Author The Beowulf poet
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