COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 13
Reference Number:
Latin MS 13
Parent Work Title:
Lucas Glossatus
Translated Parent Work Title:
Glossed Gospel of Luke
Date Created:
12th century
Description:
Manuscript of the 'Lucas Glossatus'. 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. The binding dates from the 17th century. Above are the letters F.R.A.H (Frater Robertus Abbas Himmerodensis). The text of the gospel occupies the central column, the gloss a narrow column on the inner side, and a broader one on the outer. The gloss is the 'Gloss Ordinaria'. There are 16 lines to a page. Written in the late 12th century, in a clear set hand.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Bible--Commentaries
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Blind-tooling
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Vellum
Support:
Leather
Creation Site:
Germany
Item Height:
220 mm
Item Width:
140 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod, Germany
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
Access Rights:
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
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-12
Metadata Language:
eng-GB