Detail View: Medieval Collection: St Edmund: 3178-3210

Image Number: 
JRL0811477dc
Reference Number: 
French MS 142
Link to Catalogue: 
French Manuscripts
Image Title: 
St Edmund: 3178-3210
Alternative Image Title: 
Thieves at St Edmund's shrine
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: 
Denis Piramus, fl. late 12th cent.
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Denis Piramus, fl. late 12th cent.
Date Created: 
13th-14th century
Page: 
40r
Image Sequence Number: 
040r
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.
Language Code: 
fro
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Subject: 
Anglo-Norman literature
Subject: 
Hagiography
Subject: 
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
Subject: 
Anglo-Norman literature--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
handwriting
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
England
Time Period Covered: 
500 - 1000 CE
Places Covered: 
England: Suffolk: Bury Saint Edmunds
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: 
Cobbes, James
Provenance: 
Campbell, J. C., Mrs
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: 
410
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-03
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB