Detail View: Medieval Collection: Book of the craft of dying
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Image Number:
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JRL0920283dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 94
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Previous Accession Number:
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R4595
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Book of the craft of dying
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Alternative Image Title:
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Ars Moriendi
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Parent Work Title:
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Meditations on the Life of Christ and other 15th century manuscripts
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Meditatione Vitae Christi
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Mirror of the life of Christ
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Creator:
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Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410
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Creator Role:
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Translator
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Display Creator:
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Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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132r
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Image Sequence Number:
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132r
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Description:
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Book of the craft of dying. Red rubrication and a pen-flourished initial 'F' in blue and red ink introduces the fourth chapter. The fourth chapter gives information and prayers of supplication to the dying. The written space is 265 x 153 mm, with two columns in short-r anglicana formata.
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Language Code:
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lat-GB
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Theology--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Subject:
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Religion
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Item Height:
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362 mm
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Item Width:
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240 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Northamptone, Gulielmus
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Provenance:
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Wanley, Humfrey, given to Coventry School.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.21.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by Gordon Duff for the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers Bull & Auvache for £50.00 in January 1894.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-05-05
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Multi Page Number:
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1335
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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