COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1001309dc
Reference Number:
Latin MS 155
Image Title:
Leges Angliae
Parent Work Title:
Leges Angliae
Date Created:
12th century
Page:
10r
Image Sequence Number:
010r
Description:
Text from Leges Angliae. New section of text is introduced by a large initial 'H' in red ink: 'Hoc est iudicium...'. Marginal annotations including headlines in a smaller script and a pencil note in outer margin: 'hoc de(est) in libro alex. Hoc de legibus Adelsta(ni)'. Line-fillings consisting of blue waved lines with short curling branches. Twenty-four lines to a page.
Language Code:
lat-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Law, Medieval--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Pencil
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1000 - 1200 CE
Item Height:
215 mm
Item Width:
155 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
James, M.R., A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester (Manchester, 1921), reprinted with an introduction and additional notes and corrections by F. Taylor (Munich, 1980)
Notes:
M.R. James belives that the Alex mentioned in the pencil notes on this page refers to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln (d. 1148), who was the Chancellor of Stephen, King of England, 1097?-1154.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-09-23
Multi Page Number:
95
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Leges Angliae
