Image Number:
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Bookreader Latin MS 53
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 53
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Parent Work Title:
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Astronomia
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Creator:
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Joachinus de Gigantibus (?)
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Creator Role:
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Illuminator
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Creator:
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Christianus Prolianus
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Christianus Prolianus
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Date Created:
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1478
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Description:
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Manuscript of Christianus Prolianus's 'Astronomia'. This manuscript is the study of the solar system and eclipses. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and decorative borders, including details of birds, animals and fauna. There are 24 lines to a page. Written in the 15th century in a very fine Roman hand. Modern binding in blue Moroccan (goatskin). Formerly the property of William Morris.
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Language Code:
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lat
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Language:
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Latin
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Subject:
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Astronomy--1530-1550
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Subject:
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Astronomy, Medieval--Early works to 1800
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Subject:
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Planets--Orbits--Charts, diagrams, etc.
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Subject:
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Solar system--Motion in space
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Technique Used:
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Painting (image-making)
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Support:
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Goatskin
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Support:
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Vellum
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Creation Site:
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Italy: Naples
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Item Height:
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212 mm
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Item Width:
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140 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Morris, William, 1834-1896
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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)
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2011-11-23
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2011-12
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Educational Notes:
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Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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