COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1406407
Reference Number:
Book-covers 17
Image Title:
Christmas
Parent Work Title:
Trier Binding
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Covers of a Gospel Book
Date Created:
10th century-13th century
Page/Sheet:
First cover
Description:
Jewelled binding: ivory plaque in centre, metal borders composed of square panels with figures in relief or filigree set with stones. Ivory plaques are German work of the tenth century. The panels are early thirteenth or late twelfth century.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Item Height:
420 mm
Item Width:
258 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:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
References:
For further details see M. R. James, 'Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester' (1921), pp.310-312.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2014-01-28
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Christmas
