COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205102
Reference Number:
Latin MS 104
Image Title:
Book one: Chapter 3
Alternative Image Title:
Book two: Chapter 4
Parent Work Title:
Smaragdus's Commentary on the Rule of St Benedict
Creator:
Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, fl. 809-819
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
9th-10th century
Page:
38v
Image Sequence Number:
038v
Description:
Book one: Chapter 3; Book two: Chapter 4. Book one ends at the conclusion of chapter three: 'sicut fons vite promanet', followed by: 'Explicit expla(na)tio liber primus in beati Benedicti regula a B. Zmarado abbate editus'. Book two begins: 'Incipit eiusdem liber secundus...' in red capitals. Chapter four of the Rule (What Are the Instruments of Good Works) commences: ' Sicut sunt fabrorum...'. The text is written in a Visigothic minuscule on lines ruled with dry point. There are 27 lines to a page. The text of the Rule is written in red or green ink. Coloured or decorated initials are sometimes used, particularly following extracts from the Rule and to denote the start of the chapters. These are, in many cases, drawn in outline and sometimes filled in with colour red, green and yellow. The first line of the present page is headed by the outline of a large decorated 'M' part filled with red and partly formed by two birds.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Spain--Andalusia--Córdoba--Cardeña
Item Height:
252 mm
Item Width:
190 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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):
2011-10-26
Multi Page Number:
400
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Book one: Chapter 3
