Detail View: Rylands Collection: Illuminated Initial 'Q'
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Image Number:
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JRL050412dc
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 118
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Image Title:
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Illuminated Initial 'Q'
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Parent Work Title:
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Gregorii Moralium, Libri XI-XVI
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Creator:
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Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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10th-11th century
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Page/Sheet:
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2r
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Image Sequence Number:
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002r
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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lat
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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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Religion
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Subject:
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Alphabet
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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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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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Places Covered:
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Germany
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Places Covered:
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Switzerland
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Item Height:
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361 mm
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Item Width:
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271 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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Notes:
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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.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2005-04-04
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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