File:MS. Hatton 30 Expositio Augustini In Apocalypsin 73v.jpg
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 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 Dunstan who was abbot of Glastonbury Abbey in 940-957. This is possibly the oldest surviving 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 [1] 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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