Detail View: Rylands Collection: Liber

Image Number: 
JRL18027716
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 87
Image Title: 
Liber
Parent Work Title: 
Evangelia [Bremen]
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Gospel Book of Bremen Cathedral
Date Created: 
10th century [late]
Page/Sheet: 
6v
Image Sequence Number: 
006v
Description: 
Full page. Frame of red, purple and white. Background in squares of two shades of purple, with trellis of white wavy lines. The word 'Liber' in capitals, mainly gold. The 'L' has panels of plaited work in blue and some foliage. Folio 7r: the words 'Generationis . . . filii Habraham' are on four lines of black and red capitals, partly filled with yellow and occupying half the page.
Language Code: 
lat
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Bible. New Testament
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Support: 
Vellum
Item Height: 
242 mm
Item Width: 
192 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Bateman of Middleton Hall, Youlgrave, Derbyshire, former owner
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): 
2018-02-22
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB