# Acts of the Abbots [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, English]() - Date: 1301-1350 - Technique: Manuscript \(MS Cotton Claudius E IV\) ## Commentary The miniature on folio 124 shows Simon, Abbot of St Albans, with his bookchest. He is unflatteringly depicted here as an administrator. Portrayal of his face, half-hidden behind his upturned black coat collar, may indicate his notoriety due to the debts he left the monastery and his accounting practices which directed funds to his relatives. He appears to wear gloves patterned with red embroidery. Abbot Simon was the founder of the abbey library. ## Related artworks - [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 \('the Rochester Bestiary'\)]() - [Bestiary and Lapidary \('the Rochester Bestiary'\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()