Illustrations to the life of St. Alban in Trin. Coll. Dublin ms. E.i. 40
By: reproduced in collotype facsimile by the care of W.R.L. Lowe & E.F. Jacob ; with a description of the illustrations by M.R. James.
Contributors: James, M. R. 1862-1936.; Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Library.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1924
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Alban, Saint, d. 304? -- Poetry.; Alban, Saint, d. 304? -- Art.; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens, reproductions, etc.
Genres: Poetry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"The man who versified the legend and who most probably drew the pictures--who at the very least designed them and supervised the drawing of them--is ... Matthew Paris"--Introd.
Table of contents: title: 1. The story of Alban and Amphibalus, including that of St. Aracle or Heraclius. nos. I-(30); title: 2. The visit of SS. Germanus and Lupus to Britain in the fifth century. nos. (31)-(38); title: 3. The invention and translation of Alban's relics, and the foundation of the abbey by Offa in the eighth century. nos. (39)-(54); title: [4] Music to the hymn to St. Alban. From ms. VI. H. 15, in the Bibliotheca Estense, Modena / John Dunstable (2 pl.)