COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1207025
Reference Number:
Latin MS 53
Image Title:
Illuminated initial 'Q'
Parent Work Title:
Astronomia
Creator:
Christianus Prolianus
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Joachinus de Gigantibus (?)
Creator Role:
Illuminator
Display Creator:
Christianus Prolianus
Date Created:
1478
Page:
24r
Image Sequence Number:
024r
Description:
Illuminated initial 'Q'; partial illuminated and decorated border of white branch-work on red, blue and green grounds. The title is written red capitals. In the right margin of the folio are geometrical figures. The text is written in a very fine Roman hand. There are 24 lines to the page.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Astronomy
Subject:
Geometry
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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:
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:
255
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
Illuminated initial 'Q'
