COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 116
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Bookreader Latin MS 116
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Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
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Latin MS 116
Reference Number
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Previous Accession Number:
Crawford 133
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
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Psalter of St. Maximin
Parent Work Title
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Date Created:
9th century
date_created
9th century
Date Created
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Description:
Manuscript of the 'Psalter of St. Maximin'. The binding is brown leather with blind and gold tooling and dates from the 14th century. The text is written in double columns of 29-30 lines to a page. Written in the ninth century, in a fine clear, Carolingian minuscule, almost upright. Lines ruled with dry point. In the cover is the ticket of the Museum of Bollandianum Bruxellis. The manuscript has examples of the continental-Celtic style of decoration. The rosettes and interlacing of the Celtic school are combined with acanthusleaf, and foliage. The elements of the colour scheme are red, purple, black, green and yellow.
description
Manuscript of the 'Psalter of St. Maximin'. The binding is brown leather with blind and gold tooling and dates from the 14th century. The text is written in double columns of 29-30 lines to a page. Written in the ninth century, in a fine clear, Carolingian minuscule, almost upright. Lines ruled with dry point. In the cover is the ticket of the Museum of Bollandianum Bruxellis. The manuscript has examples of the continental-Celtic style of decoration. The rosettes and interlacing of the Celtic school are combined with acanthusleaf, and foliage. The elements of the colour scheme are red, purple, black, green and yellow.
Description
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Language Code:
lat
language
lat
Language Code
false
Subject:
Religion
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Religion
Subject
false
Subject:
Christianity
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Christianity
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Blind tooling
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Blind tooling
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
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Gold tooling
Technique Used
false
Support:
Leather
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Leather
Support
false
Support:
Vellum
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Vellum
Support
false
Item Height:
420 mm
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420 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
325 mm
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325 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Bibliotheca Bollandiana Bruxellensis
provenance
Bibliotheca Bollandiana Bruxellensis
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
provenance
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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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)
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)
References
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-10-31
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
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Medieval
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