III led him to command a military expedition in Linlithgow. When Anselm then undertook a pilgrimage, he stayed in a monastery in North Berwick, and was there on 23 January 1483 attacked by an armed gang who put him to death. He was interred in Linlithgow, but his heart was buried in the Jerusalemkerk later that year. Contribution to the Arts Anselm Adornes' interest in the arts may be seen in: Completion of the Jerusalemkerk. He was an agent of Hugo van der Goes for the work known as the Trinity Altarpiece, containing panels with portraits of James III and his son, and of his wife Margaret of Denmark. The altarpiece is now on loan to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh He may have been the inspiration for a chapel based on the Holy Sepulchre, which was founded in Restalrig. As part of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Dry Tree, Anselm was interested in polyphonic religious music and commissioned by King James III in 1472 he provided for the training of a lute player. Adornes was in contact with the humanist Filippo Buonaccorsi He had great interest in manuscripts and literary texts. He himself personally transcribed text of Cicero, his Somnium Scipionis Influence The family belonged to the patrician class in Bruges and held regular kinds of functions relating to city council and the Duke of Burgundy. Anselm himself had good relations with Flanders, Italy and Scotland, and he remained in close contact with the Scottish King James III, from whom he received lucrative contracts. Appearance in Literature The Anselm is one of the main figures in these historical novels: The blue boat Lady of Hoet (Lannoo, 2002) Onrustvlinder by Anna Coudenys (Manteau, 2008). Adornes (as Anselm Adorne) figures prominently throughout the 8-book series known as The House of Niccolò (1986-2000) by Dorothy Dunnett. The series embraces the years 1460-1483, beginning in Bruges, where Adorne becomes a mentor to the title character, and includes the pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The final novel encompasses Adorne's violent death. References J. Gailliard, Bruges et le Franc ou leur Judges and leur noblesse, Part 3, Bruges, 1857, p 103. Ed. DHONT - THE WAEPENAERT, Quartiers généalogiques des familles flamandes, Bruges, 1871, p 302. P. GLORIEUX, Un chanoine the Saint-Pierre de Lille. Jean Adourne, in: Bulletin du Comité Flamand de France, 1971. J. HEERS & G. THE GROER, Itinéraire d'Anselme