Detail View: Medieval Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader Latin MS 12
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 12
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Parent Work Title:
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Homiliarius (Luxeuil)
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Homily (Luxeuil)
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Date Created:
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8th-9th century
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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lat-FR
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Language:
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Latin
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Subject:
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Bible
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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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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Sub-Category:
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Miniatures [paintings]
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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Support:
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Vellum
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Support:
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Leather
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Support:
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Wood
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Creation Site:
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France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Luxeuil-les-Bains
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Item Height:
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308 mm
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Item Width:
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230 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Provenance:
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Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, 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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Access Rights:
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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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2018-05-30
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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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Academic Project Lead:
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David Matthews
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2018-06
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Educational Notes:
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MA Medieval and Early Modern Studies
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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