COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1004426dc
Reference Number:
Latin MS 114
Image Title:
Mortuary Roll of Elizabeth Sconincx
Parent Work Title:
Mortuary Roll of Elizabeth Sconincx, 17th abbess of Foret, now Vorst
Date Created:
1458-1459
Volume:
Frame three recto
Image Sequence Number:
003r
Description:
The Brief. A document which sets forth the names for whom prayers are asked. It is written in a large upright book-hand, and has a large historiated initial with pink flourished ground representing the Virgin (crowned) and Child, throned on a yellow seat set on a green floor. There is also a partial border of line and leaf work.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Catholic Church
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Rolls
Technique Used:
handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
Belgium: Vorst
Item Height:
42.5 feet
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of (1797-1878) (former owner)
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-12-09
Multi Page Number:
15
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Mortuary Roll of Elizabeth Sconincx
