COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205056
Reference Number:
Latin MS 104
Image Title:
Book one: Prologue
Parent Work Title:
Smaragdus's Commentary on the Rule of St Benedict
Creator:
Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, active 809-819
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
9th century [late] or 10th century [early]
Page:
15v
Image Sequence Number:
015v
Description:
Book one: Prologue to the Rule; beginning of the Chapters. The Exposition of the Prologue ends: 'Si autem eredes...amen deo gratias'. Below, in red capitals with a green initial, monogrammatised, is 'Incipiunt capitula monacorum, de generibus', then 'vel bictu monacorum' in red minuscule, followed by a list of the chapters of the Rule. 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 filled in with colour red, green and yellow.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
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:
170
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Book one: Prologue
