COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 12
Reference Number:
Latin MS 12
Parent Work Title:
Homiliarius (Luxeuil)
Translated Parent Work Title:
Homily (Luxeuil)
Date Created:
8th-9th century
Description:
Homiliarius, eighth-ninth century Latin manuscript bound in wooden boards, covered and edged with metal. The back has fragments of old red leather, with remains of early stamps. There is a metal clasp engraved with the word Maria in gothic letters on a hatched ground. Front cover composed of metal plates, some enameled some engraved. 27 lines to a page; Illustrated; in a fine upright hand, rather narrow and pointed. Written in Flanders. From Dinant on the Meuse.
Language Code:
lat-FR
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Bible
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures [paintings]
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Vellum
Support:
Leather
Support:
Wood
Creation Site:
France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Luxeuil-les-Bains
Item Height:
308 mm
Item Width:
230 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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):
2018-05-30
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Academic Project Lead:
David Matthews
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-06
Educational Notes:
MA Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Metadata Language:
eng-GB