Detail View: Medieval Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader Latin MS 21
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 21
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Parent Work Title:
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Horae, Mary Queen of Scots
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Book of Hours (Mary Queen of Scots)
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Date Created:
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15th century [late]
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Description:
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Horae (Mary, Queen of Scots), fifteenth century Latin manuscript, Book of Hours bound in modern green velvet case; 16 lines to a page, in an Italian Gothic hand; Flemish scribe. Decorated with pictures and borders of fluid gold wit birds (peacocks notably), natural flowers and fruit. These borders are divided into panels by gold frames and these panels have grounds of blue or purple-red. Italian Gothic hand; Flemish scribe. The book of devotion has bee the property of Mary, Queen of Scots. On two pages she has written inscriptions in French; the first is on page 113: "Mon Dieu Cofondez mes ennemys". The other, on page 124: " Dieu viuant mon seul Juge olyez mes plainctes & mes gemissementz.".
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Language Code:
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lat
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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. Old Testament
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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Subject:
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Books of hours
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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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Technique Used:
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Painting (image-making)
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Medium:
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Paint
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Support:
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Vellum
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Support:
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Velvet
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Creation Site:
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Flanders: French Flanders
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Item Height:
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74 mm
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Item Width:
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58 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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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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2018-06-15
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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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