Detail View: Medieval Collection: Leviticus

Image Number: 
JRL1202714
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 29
Image Title: 
Leviticus
Parent Work Title: 
Nicolaus de Lyra super Bibliam
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Nicholas of Lyra's Commentary on the Bible
Creator: 
Ugolino Marini Gibertuzzi of Sarnano
Creator Role: 
Scribe
Creator: 
Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349
Date Created: 
14th-15th century [not after 1402]
Volume: 
1
Page: 
67r
Image Sequence Number: 
067r
Description: 
Commentary on Leviticus: the biblical text is underlined in red ink. Illuminated: full decorated border of foliage with medallions of animals and birds; historiated initial: Moses, horned, aged, kneels before God above. The horns were a symbol of medieval divinity. The text is written in double columns.
Language Code: 
lat
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Bible
Subject: 
Bible--Commentaries
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium: 
ink
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
Italy--Pesaro
Item Height: 
440 mm
Item Width: 
272 mm
Current Repository: 
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
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): 
2011-10-06
Multi Page Number: 
695
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2012-08
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB