COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1202292
Reference Number:
Latin MS 13
Image Title:
Upper cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Lucas Glossatus
Translated Parent Work Title:
Glossed Gospel of Luke
Date Created:
17th century
Page:
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number:
000a
Description:
The binding is white leather, with two clasps at the fore-edge and finished with blind tooling and a gold oval stamp, containing a shield, bearing a sprig of oak, and surmounted by a mitre and crosier-head. Above are the letters F. R. A. H (Frater Robertus Abbas Himmerodensis). The binding dates from the 17th century.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Blind-tooling
Support:
Leather
Item Height:
220 mm
Item Width:
140 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod, Germany
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):
2011-10-05
Multi Page Number:
5
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Upper cover binding
