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Detail View: Medieval Collection: Roman hand

Image Number: 
JRL1206983
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 53
Image Title: 
Roman hand
Parent Work Title: 
Astronomia
Creator: 
Gioacchino, di Giovanni
Creator Role: 
Illuminator
Creator: 
Christianus Prolianus
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Christianus Prolianus
Date Created: 
1478
Page: 
3r
Image Sequence Number: 
003r
Description: 
Illuminated initials 'C' and 'L'. The text is written in a very fine Roman hand. There are 24 lines to the page.
Language Code: 
lat
Subject: 
Astronomy
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
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
Multi Page Number: 
45
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2012-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval