Detail View: Rylands Collection: Lower cover
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Image Number:
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JRL1120568
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 51
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Image Title:
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Lower cover
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Parent Work Title:
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Horae (Rome: Rodez)
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page/Sheet:
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Lower cover
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Description:
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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.
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Technique Used:
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Carving (processes)
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Medium:
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Ivory (material)
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Support:
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Velvet
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People Covered:
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Item Height:
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120 mm
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Item Width:
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85 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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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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Access Rights:
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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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References:
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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)
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2011-05-27
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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