print email comment close Online Gallery, English Literature: Beowulf URL: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/englit/beowulf/ Description: Questions and answers about "the epic saga of 'Beowulf', the most important surviving work of Anglo-Saxon poetry. ... Written in Old English, it tells of a thrilling struggle between the hero, Beowulf, and a bloodthirsty monster called Grendel." Features an image of the only surviving medieval manuscript of the poem, which is held by the British Library, and a description of the Electronic Beowulf project. From the British Library. Publisher: British Library LII Database Information: Record 24941 created by Jennifer English on 11/19/2007 Last modification on 11/04/2008 Published: 11/21/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24941