Detail View: Medieval Collection:

Image Number: 
Bookreader Latin MS 53
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 53
Parent Work Title: 
Astronomia
Creator: 
Joachinus de Gigantibus (?)
Creator Role: 
Illuminator
Creator: 
Christianus Prolianus
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Christianus Prolianus
Date Created: 
1478
Description: 
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.
Language Code: 
lat
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Astronomy--1530-1550
Subject: 
Astronomy, Medieval--Early works to 1800
Subject: 
Planets--Orbits--Charts, diagrams, etc.
Subject: 
Solar system--Motion in space
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Support: 
Goatskin
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
Italy: Naples
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Item Height: 
212 mm
Item Width: 
140 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Morris, William, 1834-1896
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: 
Creative Commons License
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): 
2011-11-23
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-12
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Educational Notes: 
Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour
Collection Code: 
Medieval