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 "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Translating_Beowulf" class="extiw" title="en:On Translating Beowulf">On Translating <i>Beowulf</i></a>".
Part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A XV manuscript currently located within the British Library. This is a digital photographic copy of the folio.
The Beowulf poet
circa 975–1025
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