COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 48
Reference Number:
Latin MS 48
Parent Work Title:
Florus
Date Created:
15th century
Description:
Florus, fifteenth century Latin manuscript on vellum, in three or four very good Italian hands; double columns of 29 lines to a page. Bound in leather over boards, painted to initiate inlaid bands; five plain bosses on each cover.
Language Code:
lat-IT
Language:
Latin
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures [paintings]
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Italy
Item Height:
230 mm
Item Width:
155 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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
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):
2018-06-26
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB