Detail View: Medieval Collection: St Edmund: 717-748
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Image Number:
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JRL0811400dc
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Reference Number:
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French MS 142
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Image Title:
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St Edmund: 717-748
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Alternative Image Title:
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The King & his councellors
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Parent Work Title:
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La vie et les miracles de Saint Edmund, Roy et Martir Anglais, escrit en vers
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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La vie seint Edmund le Rei
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Life and miracles of Saint Edmund, English king and martyr, written in verse.
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Creator:
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Denis Piramus, active 12th century
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Denis Piramus, active 12th century
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Date Created:
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13th-14th century
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Page:
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1v
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Image Sequence Number:
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001v
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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fro
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Subject:
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Poetry, Medieval
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
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Subject:
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Hagiography
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Subject:
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Anglo-Norman literature--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Anglo-Norman literature
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Drawing (image-making)
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Support:
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Vellum
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Creation Site:
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England
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Time Period Covered:
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500 - 1000 CE
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People Covered:
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Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
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Item Height:
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173 mm
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Item Width:
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118 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Campbell, J. C., Mrs
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Provenance:
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Cobbes, James
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Rothwell, William, 'The life and miracles of St Edmund: a recently discovered manuscript', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, 60 (1978), 135-80
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Notes:
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Purchased from Mrs J.C. Campbell in 1975.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2008-08-05
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Multi Page Number:
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25
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-03
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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