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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3649170, member: 83956&quot;]Interesting coin and period. I had no idea how small these sceattas were until I recently saw some “in person.”</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, <i>Beowulf</i> is probably “set” in the early 6th century. We know this because Beowulf’s lord Hygelac is a documented historical figure; his raid on the Franks mentioned in <i>Beowulf </i>is likely referenced in Gregory of Tours’s <i>Historia Franconum</i>, occurring ca. 523 A.D. Of course, one can&#039;t be too much of a historical stickler for a poem that treats of trolls and dragons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anglo-Saxonists are divided on the oral composition timeframe of the poem. It’s probably extant in some form in the 8th c., though some have pushed the composition date to be as late as the manuscript itself, which dates to about 1000 A.D., as you note.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was in the British Museum three weeks ago, excited to see the Beowulf ms. Sadly, it was &quot;resting&quot; and not on view. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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