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Beowulf - f.129r - with Moralia in Job initial R
'Read Beowulf'
Beowulf f.129r with initial R from
Moralia in Job [Dijon Municipale ms168 f.4v]
Beowulf - f.198v - with Moralia in Job initial R
'Ashburnham'
Beowulf f.129r & f.198v (burning)
with initial R from Moralia in Job [Dijon Municipale ms168 f.4v]
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by Benjamin Slade

Beowulf, the hero
LW - Beo1
Beowulf
(Ward, in Leonard)
LW-Beo2
Beowulf
(Ward, in Leonard)
LW-King Beowulf
Beowulf the King
(Ward, in Leonard)
Beowulf in Armour 1
Beowulf
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Burnett Beowulf
Beowulf
(Burnett, in Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf in Armour 2
Beowulf
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)


The Voyage to Denmark
Beowulf in Hygelac's court
Beowulf hears of Grendel
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Herald
Then Hrothgar's thane leaped onto his horse
(Burnett, in Crossley-Holland)
LW - Geats sailing
Geats Sail for Denmark
(Ward, in Leonard)
CK - coastward
Danish Coastguard
(Keeping, in Sutcliff)
Geatish Warriors
Geatish Warriors
(Ward, in Leonard)
CK - Flyting with Unferth
Flyting with Unferth
(Keeping, in Sutcliff)
Wealhtheow
To Beowulf Wealhtheow carried the cup
(Burnett, in Crossley-Holland)

Grendel Attacks Heorot
Grendel on Moor
Grendel on the Moor
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
BF-Grendel's Coming
Grendel scrithes into Heorot
(Brian Froude, in Magic of Words)
Beowulf's tears Grendel's arm
Wrestling with Grendel
(Ward, in Leonard)
Wrestling with Grendel
Wrestling with Grendel
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Grendel loses his arm
Grendel loses his arm
(Keeping, in Sutcliff)
Grendel without his arm
Grendel flees Heorot
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Grendel's Arm
Grendel's Arm
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Grendel's Trail
Following Grendel's Trail
(Keeping, in Sutcliff)
Mere
These two live in a little-known country
(Burnett, Crossley-Holland)


Grendel's Mother

Riding to Grendles Mere
The Journey to the Mere
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Grendles Modor underwater
Beowulf encounters Grendel's Mother
(Burnett, in Crossley-Holland, 1968)
Struggling Underwater with Grendlesma
Beowulf struggles underwater
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Grendel's Mother - smothers Beowulf
Grendel's Mother wrestles Beowulf
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland, 1982)
Beowulf and Hrothgar
Parting from Hrothgar
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)

The Dragon / Geatland

Beowulf challenges the dragon
The leader of the Geats gave a great roar
(Burnett, in Crossley-Holland)
Dragon wyrm Fraser
Beowulf & the Dragon
(Eric Fraser, cover of Gordon)
The Wyrm
The Dragon
(Ward, in Leonard)
Dragon wyrm
The Dragon
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf battles the fire-drake
Beowulf fights the Dragon
(Ward, in Leonard)
Beowulf and Wiglaf fight the Dragon
Wiglaf comes to Beowulf's Aid
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf & Wiglaf fight the dragon
Thus they killed the dragon
(Burnett, in Crossley-Holland)
Death of Beowulf
Death of Beowulf
(Ward, in Leonard)
Wiglaf cradles dying Beowulf
Beowulf lies dying
(Keeping, in Crossley-Holland)


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Anke Eissmann's Beowulf illustrated modern manuscript -
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References
CROSSLEY-HOLLAND
Crossley-Holland, Kevin. Beowulf. Virgil Burnett, illustr. London: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1968. reprinted, London: Folio Society, 1973.
-------. Beowulf. Charles Keeping, illustr. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982 [children's].

FRY
Fry, Donald K. 'Special Approaches: Visual Materials for Teaching Beowulf'. in Approaches to Teaching Beowulf. Jess B. Bessinger, Jr. & Robert F. Yeager, eds. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1984.

GORDON
Gordon, R.K. Anglo-Saxon Poetry. [English trans. only] London: Dent, 1926 [rev., 1954].

LEONARD
Leonard, William Ellery. Beowulf: a new verse translation for fireside and classroom. Lynd Ward, illustr. New York: Heritage Press, 1939. [reprinted, New York: Limited Editions Book Club, 1952]

MAGIC OF WORDS
'Beowulf & Grendel' in The Magic of Words: the 1975 Childcraft Annual.

OSBORN
Osborn, Marijane. 'Translations, Versions, Illustrations'. in A Beowulf Handbook John D. Niles & Robert Bjork, eds. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997.

SUTCLIFF
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Beowulf. Charles Keeping, illustr. London: The Bodley Head, 1961 [children's]