COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1207045
Reference Number:
Latin MS 53
Image Title:
Part 2: chapters 10 and 11
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:
34r
Image Sequence Number:
034r
Description:
Part 2: chapters 10 and 11. Illuminated initials 'Q' and 'A'; illuminated and decorated of white branch-work on red, blue and green grounds The titles of chapter 10 and 11 are written in red capitals. 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:
Painting (image-making)
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:
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:
355
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
Part 2: chapters 10 and 11
