COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 6
Reference Number:
Latin MS 6
Parent Work Title:
Petrus Lombardus Super Psalmos
Translated Parent Work Title:
Peter Lombard's Commentary on the Psalms
Creator:
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
Date Created:
13th century
Description:
Manuscript of 'Petrus Lombardus Super Palmos'. The upper cover is plated with gilt metal, apparently of 13th century. The border is composed of six oblong plates of enamel (at the corners and in the middle of the sides) bearing decorative designs: intervals between these are occupied by six longer strips of filigree work, each of which is set with four stones. The central plate of gilt metal has an incised design of foliage partially surrounding a crucifix. The figure on the cross is set in relief, crowned, with loin cloth, and is fastened by four nails. The text is written in double columns of 48 lines to a page. Written in the 12th century, in two clear hands.
Language Code:
lat
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Germany
Item Height:
355 mm
Item Width:
240 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod, Germany
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):
2011-10-27
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-12
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval