Detail View: Rylands Collection: St John

Image Number: 
JRL18027725
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 87
Image Title: 
St John
Parent Work Title: 
Evangelia [Bremen]
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Gospel Book of Bremen Cathedral
Date Created: 
10th century [late]
Page/Sheet: 
158r
Image Sequence Number: 
158r
Description: 
Full page. Frame in red, gold and silver. Purple panel with whitish background surrounding it. St John is seated. He is dressed in a blue upper garment. He writes on a scroll : 'in principio erat uerbum'. The Dove and Divine Hand are to the right.
Language Code: 
lat
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Bible. New Testament
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Christianity
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Support: 
Vellum
People Covered: 
John, the Apostle, Saint
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: 
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