COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205584
Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
Image Title:
Canticles: Old Testament canticles
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created:
9th century
Page:
88v
Image Sequence Number:
088v
Description:
Canticles. Incipiunt Cantica. Canticles from the Old Testament: the Canticle of the Prophet Isaiah and the Canticle of Ezechias. The verses are in two columns of 31 lines, in black Carolingian minuscule with titles in red uncials. The initial letter of each verse is capitalised and infilled with colour. Large decorated initials introduce each canticle; that of Isaiah begins with a large, foliage and interlace decorated 'C'. The orationes are added in the margin in the hand of the 12th century which has already appeared.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
handwriting
Medium:
ink
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
420 mm
Item Width:
325 mm
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:
900
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Canticles: Old Testament canticles
