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Description: | Within this manuscript the authorship of the text is attributed to Osbert of Clare, a monk of Westminster abbey, who died sometime after 1139. Among his other works are biographies of other saints and some sermons; he was also the forger of a series of charters for Westminster and other abbeys. St. Edmund was martyred by Viking invaders in 869, and buried in a shrine at Bury St. Edmunds; this manuscript contains comes from the library there.
After a prologue in the form of a letter is an account of St. Edmund's martyrdom, introduced by a fine 'arabesque' initial 'A'. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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