COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1204664
Reference Number:
Latin MS 98
Image Title:
Illuminated initial 'Q'
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:
98r
Image Sequence Number:
098r
Description:
Illustrated: large gold initial 'Q' in frame, below it, in gold unicals '-uoniam quidem'. Gospel book commissioned by Otto II [955-983] or Otto III [983-1002]
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
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:
1005
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Illuminated initial 'Q'
