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Image: Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r

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Description: The first folio of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. Part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A XV manuscript currently located within the British Library. This is a digital photographic copy of the folio.
Title: Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r
Credit: This file has been provided by the British Library from its digital collections. It is also made available on a British Library website. Catalogue entry: Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v
Author: anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet
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License: Public domain
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