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== Summary == This is folio 73v out of MS. Hatton 30 which is owned by the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The manuscript is dated c. 940-947 according to the [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/medieval/hatton/hatton.html catalogue entry]. In
== Summary ==
This is folio 73v out of MS. Hatton 30 which is owned by the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The manuscript is dated c. 940-947 according to the [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/medieval/hatton/hatton.html catalogue entry]. In addition, following comment regarding this folio is provided by the Bodleian Library: ''Inscription on last page of commentaries on the Apocalypse: "Dunstan the abbot gave orders for the writing of this book".'' This points to [[:en:Dunstan|Dunstan]] who was abbot of [[:en:Glastonbury Abbey|Glastonbury Abbey]] in 940-957. This is possibly the oldest suriving manuscript of this abbey. The other candidate is Auct. F.4.32, also now located at the Bodleian Library.

This image has been taken from [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/medieval/hatton/images/00303177.jpg] and somewhat cropped to get rid of the dark background and the number 48 which is displayed in the lower left corner.

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