COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1120568
Reference Number:
Latin MS 51
Image Title:
Lower cover
Parent Work Title:
Horae (Rome: Rodez)
Date Created:
15th century
Page/Sheet:
Lower cover
Description:
Lower cover binding: bound in dark red velvet with an ivory relief in the style of the 14th century (French) measuring 112 mm x 74 mm. At the top of each is a band of architectural ornament consisting mainly of four canopied ands crocketted arches each with a rosette in the head, and below this, two trefoil arches. The ivory relief represents and Crucifixion with the Thieves.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Carving (processes)
Medium:
Ivory (material)
Support:
Velvet
People Covered:
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Item Height:
120 mm
Item Width:
85 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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:
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 (Munich, 1980)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-05-27
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Lower cover
