COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0920280dc
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JRL0920280dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 94
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English MS 94
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Previous Accession Number:
R4595
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Book of the craft of dying
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Book of the craft of dying
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Alternative Image Title:
Ars Moriendi
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Ars Moriendi
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Parent Work Title:
Meditations on the Life of Christ and other 15th century manuscripts
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Meditations on the Life of Christ and other 15th century manuscripts
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Meditatione Vitae Christi
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Meditatione Vitae Christi
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Mirror of the life of Christ
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Mirror of the life of Christ
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false
Creator:
Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410
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Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410
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Creator Role:
Translator
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Translator
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false
Display Creator:
Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410
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Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410
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Date Created:
15th century
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15th century
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Page:
130v
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130v
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Image Sequence Number:
130v
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130v
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
Book of the craft of dying. Red rubrication and a pen-flourished initial 'N' in blue and red ink introduces chapter three. The third chapter details the questions that should be asked when a person is on their death bed, while they may still speak and understand. The written space is 265 x 153 mm, with two columns in short-r anglicana formata.
description
Book of the craft of dying. Red rubrication and a pen-flourished initial 'N' in blue and red ink introduces chapter three. The third chapter details the questions that should be asked when a person is on their death bed, while they may still speak and understand. The written space is 265 x 153 mm, with two columns in short-r anglicana formata.
Description
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Language Code:
lat-GB
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lat-GB
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
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false
Subject:
Theology--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Theology--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Subject:
Christianity
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Christianity
Subject
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Subject:
Religion
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Religion
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
handwriting
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handwriting
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
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false
Support:
Vellum
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Vellum
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false
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Item Height:
362 mm
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362 mm
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Item Width:
240 mm
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240 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
Northamptone, Gulielmus
provenance
Northamptone, Gulielmus
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Wanley, Humfrey, given to Coventry School.
provenance
Wanley, Humfrey, given to Coventry School.
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false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 415. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
references
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 415. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References
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References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.21.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.21.
References
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Bibliographic Citation:
Comper, F.M.M. & Congreve, George, 'The book of the craft of dying, and other early English tracts concerning death, taken from manuscripts and printed books in the British museum and Bodleian libraries, now first done into modern spelling' (London; New York: Longmans, Green, and co., 1917)
bibliography
Comper, F.M.M. & Congreve, George, 'The book of the craft of dying, and other early English tracts concerning death, taken from manuscripts and printed books in the British museum and Bodleian libraries, now first done into modern spelling' (London; New York: Longmans, Green, and co., 1917)
Bibliographic Citation
false
Cost:
Purchased by Gordon Duff for the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers Bull & Auvache for £50.00 in January 1894.
cost
Purchased by Gordon Duff for the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers Bull & Auvache for £50.00 in January 1894.
Cost
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-05-05
Multi Page Number:
1320
multi_page_number
1320
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB