Detail View: Medieval Collection: Prologue

Image Number: 
JRL1205437
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 116
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford 133
Image Title: 
Prologue
Parent Work Title: 
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created: 
9th century
Page: 
15r
Image Sequence Number: 
015r
Description: 
Preliminary matter to the psalter. Two columns of text in black Carolingian minuscule. 'Incipit prefatio Sancti Hieronimi presbiteri' in red uncials, followed by decorated initial 'P', 'Psalterium rome dudum positus...de purissimo fonte potare'. 'Explicit prologus' in red uncials. The right margin of the leaf has been cut away.
Language Code: 
lat
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Christianity
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
handwriting
Medium: 
ink
Support: 
Vellum
Item Height: 
420 mm
Item Width: 
325 mm
Current Repository: 
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance: 
Bibliotheca Bollandiana Bruxellensis
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): 
2011-10-31
Multi Page Number: 
165
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB