COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL18027719
Reference Number:
Latin MS 87
Image Title:
St Mark
Parent Work Title:
Evangelia [Bremen]
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Gospel Book of Bremen Cathedral
Date Created:
10th century [late]
Page/Sheet:
64r
Image Sequence Number:
064r
Description:
Full page except for three lines at the top. Frame of red, gold and white. Purple ground, with white patterns. St Mark, bearded and nimbed, robed in yellow over blue, sits and writes in red in a book on a desk. On right the words: initium(?) Ecce mitto. On the right is the Dove and Divine Hand. On the left is a winged lion, holding a book, issues from a blue cloud.
Language Code:
lat
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Bible. New Testament
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
242 mm
Item Width:
192 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Bateman of Middleton Hall, Youlgrave, Derbyshire, former owner
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):
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
St Mark
