COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0811400dc
Reference Number:
French MS 142
Link to Catalogue:
French Manuscripts
Image Title:
St Edmund: 717-748
Alternative Image Title:
The King & his councellors
Parent Work Title:
La vie et les miracles de Saint Edmund, Roy et Martir Anglais, escrit en vers
Alternative Parent Work Title:
La vie seint Edmund le Rei
Translated Parent Work Title:
Life and miracles of Saint Edmund, English king and martyr, written in verse.
Creator:
Piramus, Denis, active 1173-1200
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Denis Piramus, fl. late 12th cent.
Date Created:
13th-14th century
Page:
1v
Image Sequence Number:
001v
Description:
Ink drawing coloured in green and red: the King (Offa?) on his deathbed, attended by three counsellors, one of whom clasps his hand. Anglo-Norman poem, originally written c. 1180. It chronicles the life and miracles of St Edmund, King of the East Angles, who was killed by the Danes in the 9th century. The poem is attributed to Denis Piramus, who was probably a cleric at the Abbey in Bury-Saint-Edmunds, Suffolk during the late 12th and early 13th centuries. There are 32 lines to a page.
Language Code:
fro
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
Subject:
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
Subject:
Hagiography
Subject:
Anglo-Norman literature--Manuscripts
Subject:
Anglo-Norman literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
handwriting
Technique Used:
Drawing
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
England
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 CE
People Covered:
Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
Item Height:
173 mm
Item Width:
118 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Campbell, J. C., Mrs
Provenance:
Cobbes, James
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Bibliographic Citation:
Rothwell, William, 'The life and miracles of St Edmund: a recently discovered manuscript', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, 60 (1978), 135-80
Notes:
Purchased from Mrs J.C. Campbell in 1975.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-08-05
Multi Page Number:
25
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
St Edmund: 717-748
