Folio Archives 60: The Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr - Limited Edition 2004
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The Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr - Limited Edition 2004
This is another of the superb facsimile limited editions produced by the Folio Society.
The original was produced by the monk John Lydgate for King Henry VI to commemorate his stay in the Benedictine Abbey at Bury St.Edmunds in 1433. It is a translation from the Latin into Old English of the life of the patron saint of the abbey.
The story is a poem that recounts the life and martydom at the hands of Danish invaders in 870 of the East Anglian king. It is an elaborate narrative detailing the legendary reasons for King Edmund’s sainthood.
The manuscript is lavishly illustrated and gilded, with numerous gilt illuminated capitals. The facsimile reproduces the gilding beautifully. The original is housed in the British Library and consists of 119 parchment leaves. The photos below do not do justice to the magnificence of the reproduction.
The facsimile is bound in cream leather blocked on the spine and cover with a gilt design and red leather title label. It has been printed by Cambridge University Press on heavy Furisio paper which replicates the original parchment. There is a red marker ribbon, the endpapers are dark brown cloth.
The limitation is 1000 copies plus 10 hors commerce. Mine is number 453.
A separate commentary volume by A.S.G. Edwards introduces and explains the manuscript in the first 22 pages, then gives a word for word transcription of the Olde English while explaining any confusing terms in modern English. All the illustrations are also given captions. It is bound in dark green buckram blocked in gilt with title and a design.
Both books are housed in a dark green Solander box 28x19x7.5cm. which has a red leather title label on the spine.
Commentary volume
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
This is another of the superb facsimile limited editions produced by the Folio Society.
The original was produced by the monk John Lydgate for King Henry VI to commemorate his stay in the Benedictine Abbey at Bury St.Edmunds in 1433. It is a translation from the Latin into Old English of the life of the patron saint of the abbey.
The story is a poem that recounts the life and martydom at the hands of Danish invaders in 870 of the East Anglian king. It is an elaborate narrative detailing the legendary reasons for King Edmund’s sainthood.
The manuscript is lavishly illustrated and gilded, with numerous gilt illuminated capitals. The facsimile reproduces the gilding beautifully. The original is housed in the British Library and consists of 119 parchment leaves. The photos below do not do justice to the magnificence of the reproduction.
The facsimile is bound in cream leather blocked on the spine and cover with a gilt design and red leather title label. It has been printed by Cambridge University Press on heavy Furisio paper which replicates the original parchment. There is a red marker ribbon, the endpapers are dark brown cloth.
The limitation is 1000 copies plus 10 hors commerce. Mine is number 453.
A separate commentary volume by A.S.G. Edwards introduces and explains the manuscript in the first 22 pages, then gives a word for word transcription of the Olde English while explaining any confusing terms in modern English. All the illustrations are also given captions. It is bound in dark green buckram blocked in gilt with title and a design.
Both books are housed in a dark green Solander box 28x19x7.5cm. which has a red leather title label on the spine.
Commentary volume
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
2scratchpad
Beautiful, highly desirable. Any idea what this might fetch in todays market?
3wcarter
>2 scratchpad:
First and Fine has a copy for £250.
First and Fine has a copy for £250.
4sviswanathan
Gorgeous binding!
5scratchpad
>3 wcarter: Thanks for that - I’ll check it out. F&F do good quality but at a price. Having said that I expected the book to be somewhat more expensive but without any grounds whatever for doing so other than your extremely attractive pictures. Oh, dear....
6scratchpad
>3 wcarter: Can’t find it. Must have gone already.
7scratchpad
>3 wcarter: Correction, found it through google search - it didn’t show up on F&F search.
8scratchpad
>3 wcarter: This is the silliest thing - It’s out of stock, that’s why it didn’t show on F&F search.
9Jayked
To pick a nit, the original was in middle rather than old English -- Lydgate was an admirer of Chaucer. So it should be more accessible to anyone who can read Chaucer, once you get past the decorative script.
10frostymaxim
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lydgate-Edwards-Life-of-St-Edmund-King-and-Martyr-1-100...
£240 buy now not a bidding item
£240 buy now not a bidding item
