COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1004425dc
Reference Number:
Latin MS 114
Image Title:
Mortuary Roll of Elizabeth Sconincx
Parent Work Title:
Mortuary Roll of Elizabeth Sconincx, 17th abbess of Foret, now Vorst
Date Created:
1458-1459
Page:
Frame 2 recto
Image Sequence Number:
002r
Description:
Illustrated in two stages: the compostion is framed in red, and has painted grisaille. Evangelistic emblems: at the top, eagle and man mutilated; at bottom, lion and ox. In the centre the abbess lies dying or dead on a bed. At her head and feet kneel clerics, one on her right holds a gold incense-ship and swings a gold censer. Eight or nine nuns stand beyond the bed, one of whom holds a very tall gold processional cross, and another a crozier. A third has a large book. The Upper stage also shows the interior of a building; the stonework is pink with a scarlet roof within. In the centre the Virgin and Child appear, below them appear St Maria, St Benedictus in a black habit with a crozier and book; and also St Elyzabetha, in a white headress and a blue mantle over scarlet. She holds an object which may be a church, and a book. All have large gold nimbi.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Catholic Church
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Sub-Category:
Rolls
Sub-Category:
Rolls
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
Belgium: Vorst
Item Height:
42.5 feet
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of (1797-1878) (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:
References:
James, M.R., 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):
2009-12-09
Multi Page Number:
10
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Mortuary Roll of Elizabeth Sconincx
