COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL050412dc
Reference Number:
Latin MS 118
Image Title:
Illuminated Initial 'Q'
Parent Work Title:
Gregorii Moralium, Libri XI-XVI
Creator:
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
10th-11th century
Page/Sheet:
2r
Image Sequence Number:
002r
Description:
Full page of manuscript with an IIIuminated Initial 'Q'. The Initial follows an intricate knotwork design, and is edged with green. The interstices are filled with red. The style of the initials shows the Celtic influence on the continent. Written in Germany or Switzerland.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Bible
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Alphabet
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Vellum
Places Covered:
Germany
Places Covered:
Switzerland
Item Height:
361 mm
Item Width:
271 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
Notes:
Finding aids: M.R. James, 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 (München, 1980); M. Tyson, `Handlist of Additions to the Collection of Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, 1908-28', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 12 (1928), pp. 581-609; F. Taylor, Supplementary Handlist of Western Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1937), pp. 7-21; N.R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, III, Lampeter - Oxford (Oxford, 1983), pp. 464-8.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2005-04-04
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Illuminated Initial 'Q'
