Detail View: Rylands Collection: St Michael

Image Number: 
JRL17050575
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 164
Image Title: 
St Michael
Parent Work Title: 
Horae [Paris]
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Book of Hours
Date Created: 
c1430
Page/Sheet: 
224r
Image Sequence Number: 
224r
Description: 
Fifteenth century. Fine Gothic hand. Illuminated: St Michael, in gold armour with a sword and a spear topped by a jewelled cross, stands on one devil & fights another; behind are buildings on a hill, possibly Mont St Michel. Decorated border. The manuscript has been digitised in its entirety and can be viewed here
Language Code: 
lat-FR
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Catholic Church
Subject: 
Books of hours
Subject: 
Bible. New Testament
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
France: Île-de-France: Paris
Time Period Covered: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Item Height: 
220 mm
Item Width: 
155 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: 
Creative Commons License
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): 
2017-05-10
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-12
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB