# The Life of Thomas Becket [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, English]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. Cotton Claudius B.II\) ## Commentary The Life of Thomas Becket c. 1180 Manuscript \(Ms. Cotton Claudius B.II\) British Library, London Archbishop Thomas Becket was martyred in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170, and was canonized as a saint in 11713. This manuscript of his life by his friend John of Salisbury as probably written at Cirenchester Abbey about 1180. The picture shows a detail of folio 2v. ## 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]()