COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1204653
Reference Number:
Latin MS 98
Image Title:
Gospel of Mark
Parent Work Title:
Evangelia Ottonis
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Gospels
Translated Parent Work Title:
Ottonian Gospel Book
Creator:
Master of the Registrum Gregorii
Creator Role:
Scribe
Date Created:
c.996-1002
Page:
92v
Image Sequence Number:
092v
Description:
Gospel of Mark: chapter thirteen. Initial in red ink. Text ends: 'Finit euangelium secun/dum. Marcum', written in red capitals. The text is written in an exquisite, rather tall, round and upright, minuscule hand. There are 25 lines to a page, on lines ruled with a dry point. Gospel book commissioned by Otto II [955-983] or Otto III [983-1002].
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Germany: Trier
Item Height:
240 mm
Item Width:
193 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, 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):
2011-10-20
Multi Page Number:
950
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Gospel of Mark
