Detail View: Medieval Collection: Decorated initial
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Image Number:
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JRL1205439
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 116
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Image Title:
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Decorated initial
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Parent Work Title:
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Psalter of St. Maximin
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Date Created:
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9th century
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Page:
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16r
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Image Sequence Number:
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016r
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Description:
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Beginning of the psalter in large coloured capitals. Much of the page is occupied by a large zoomorphic initial 'B' filled with panels of interlace, rosettes and acanthus, terminating in birds' or serpents' heads. Psalm one: 'Beatus vir...non sedit'; the 'E' and 'A' are interlace filled, the letters of the first four lines drawn in double lines and the remainder written in ink and filled with colour, diminishing in size down the page. The elements of the colour scheme are red, green, yellow, purple and blue.
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Language Code:
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lat
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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handwriting
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Medium:
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ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Item Height:
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420 mm
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Item Width:
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325 mm
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Current Repository:
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John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Bibliotheca Bollandiana Bruxellensis
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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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)
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2011-10-31
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Multi Page Number:
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175
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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