COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
mediaCollectionId
Man4MedievalVC~4~4
Medieval Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL0811477dc
image_number
JRL0811477dc
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
French MS 142
reference_number
French MS 142
Reference Number
false
Link to Catalogue:
French Manuscripts
Image Title:
St Edmund: 3178-3210
image_title
St Edmund: 3178-3210
Image Title
false
Alternative Image Title:
Thieves at St Edmund's shrine
alternative_image_title
Thieves at St Edmund's shrine
Alternative Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
La vie et les miracles de Saint Edmund, Roy et Martir Anglais, escrit en vers
parent_work_title
La vie et les miracles de Saint Edmund, Roy et Martir Anglais, escrit en vers
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
La vie seint Edmund le Rei
alternative_parent_work_title
La vie seint Edmund le Rei
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Translated Parent Work Title:
Life and miracles of Saint Edmund, English king and martyr, written in verse.
translated_parent_work_title
Life and miracles of Saint Edmund, English king and martyr, written in verse.
Translated Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Denis Piramus, fl. late 12th cent.
creator
Denis Piramus, fl. late 12th cent.
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Display Creator:
Denis Piramus, fl. late 12th cent.
display_creator
Denis Piramus, fl. late 12th cent.
Display Creator
false
Date Created:
13th-14th century
date_created
13th-14th century
Date Created
false
Page:
40r
page
40r
Page
false
Image Sequence Number:
040r
image_sequence_number
040r
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
Ink drawing coloured in green and red: Thieves trying to break into St Edmund's shrine at Bury-St Edmonds. 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 generally 32 lines to a page; this page has 33 lines.
description
Ink drawing coloured in green and red: Thieves trying to break into St Edmund's shrine at Bury-St Edmonds. 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 generally 32 lines to a page; this page has 33 lines.
Description
false
Language Code:
fro
language
fro
Language Code
false
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
subject
Poetry, Medieval
Subject
false
Subject:
Anglo-Norman literature
subject
Anglo-Norman literature
Subject
false
Subject:
Hagiography
subject
Hagiography
Subject
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
subject
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
Subject
false
Subject:
Anglo-Norman literature--Manuscripts
subject
Anglo-Norman literature--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
subject
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
subject
Literature, Medieval
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
handwriting
technique_used
handwriting
Technique Used
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Creation Site:
England
creation_site
England
Creation Site
false
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 CE
time_period_covered
500 - 1000 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Suffolk: Bury Saint Edmunds
places_covered
England: Suffolk: Bury Saint Edmunds
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
people_covered
Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
People Covered
false
Item Height:
173 mm
item_height
173 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
118 mm
item_width
118 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Cobbes, James
provenance
Cobbes, James
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Campbell, J. C., Mrs
provenance
Campbell, J. C., Mrs
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___image
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___work
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
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
bibliography
Rothwell, William, 'The life and miracles of St Edmund: a recently discovered manuscript', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, 60 (1978), 135-80
Bibliographic Citation
false
Notes:
Purchased from Mrs J.C. Campbell in 1975.
notes
Purchased from Mrs J.C. Campbell in 1975.
Notes
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-08-05
Multi Page Number:
410
multi_page_number
410
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB