Detail View: Medieval Collection: Book three: Chapter 64

Image Number: 
JRL1205386
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 104
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford 116
Image Title: 
Book three: Chapter 64
Alternative Image Title: 
Book three: Chapter 65
Parent Work Title: 
Smaragdus's Commentary on the Rule of St Benedict
Creator: 
Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, fl. 809-819
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
9th-10th century
Page: 
180v
Image Sequence Number: 
180v
Description: 
Book three: Chapter 64; Chapter 65. Chapter 65 begins with the title in red capitals (On the Prior). The text is written in a Visigothic minuscule on lines ruled with dry point. There are 27 lines to a page. The text of the Rule is written in red or green ink. Coloured or decorated initials are sometimes used, particularly following extracts from the Rule and to denote the start of the chapters. These are, in many cases, drawn in outline and sometimes filled in with colour – red, green and yellow. The initial at the start of the new chapter has been cropped.
Language Code: 
lat
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Christianity
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
ink
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
Spain--Andalusia--Córdoba--Cardeña
Item Height: 
252 mm
Item Width: 
190 mm
Current Repository: 
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
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): 
26/10/2011
Multi Page Number: 
1820
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2012-07
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB