# Life of St Alban [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, English]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. E.I. 40\), 240 x 165 mm ## Commentary Life of St Alban c. 1240 Manuscript \(Ms. E.I. 40\), 240 x 165 mm Trinity College Library, Dublin This manuscript containing the life of St Alban was created in the St Albans Abbey in England. The calligraphy of the main text and also the coloured drawings are by Matthew Paris, one of the most important book artists of his time. His markedly individual style is displayed through gentle contours and lively features. The picture shows a detail from folio 38v depicting the governor and his retinue. ## Related artworks - [Acts of the Abbots]() - [Alphonso Psalter]() - [Amesbury Psalter]() - [Anatomical figure]() - [Angels Turning the Spheres of the Universe]() - [Apocalypse]() - [Barberini Gospels]() - [Barberini Gospels]() - [Beda Venerabilis: The Life of St Cuthbert]() - [Benedictional of Archbishop Robert]() - [Bestiary and Lapidary \('the Rochester Bestiary'\)]() - [Bestiary and Lapidary \('the Rochester Bestiary'\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()