La Estoire de Seint Aedward le Rei ; the Life of St. Edward the confessor, reproduced in facsimile from the unique manuscript (Cambridge university library Ee.3.59) together with some pages of the manuscript of the life of St. Alban at Trinity College, Dublin

Folger bibliographic ID: 64355
Folger call number: PR1105 .R7 1920
Folger holdings ID: 65814

General notes

"The illustrations are, of course, the point of principal interest ... " The text, "a French versification of the Latin prose life of St. Edward by Ailred of Rievaulx", which was little more than an abridgment and paraphrase of the life by Osbert of Clare, was printed in full by Dr. Luard in 1858 in the Rolls series of Chronicles and memorials, with a literal translation. The present editor believes the manuscript to be the "work of Matthew Paris, carried out at St. Alban's abbey under his supervision, not by his own hand". cf. Pref

Uniform title: Estoire de Seint Aedward le rei
Extended title: La Estoire de Seint Aedward le Rei ; the Life of St. Edward the confessor, reproduced in facsimile from the unique manuscript (Cambridge university library Ee.3.59) together with some pages of the manuscript of the life of St. Alban at Trinity College, Dublin / with an introduction by M. R. James. Printed for the Roxburghe Club

Illumination of books and manuscripts Edward, King of England, approximately 1003-1066 Alban, Saint, -304?

subject: Edward, King of England, approximately 1003-1066
subject: Alban, Saint, -304?
associated with: Paris, Matthew, 1200-1259
associated with: James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936
associated with: Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167