COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1207094
Reference Number:
Latin MS 53
Image Title:
Sun, Moon and Planets
Parent Work Title:
Astronomia
Creator:
Joachinus de Gigantibus (?)
Creator Role:
Illuminator
Creator:
Christianus Prolianus
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Christianus Prolianus
Date Created:
1478
Page:
58v
Image Sequence Number:
058v
Description:
Comparative view of the magnitudes of the Sun (a large disc of burnished gold), the Moon (silver), Mars (gold), Venus (gold), Mercury (gold) and Earth (pale). Framed in a green wreath of leaves and blue background.
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:
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:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
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:
600
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Educational Notes:
Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour
Collection Code:
Medieval
Sun, Moon and Planets
