Detail View: Medieval Collection: Frontispiece to Matthew
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Image Number:
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JRL1204500
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 98
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Previous Accession Number:
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Crawford 110
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Image Title:
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Frontispiece to Matthew
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Parent Work Title:
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Evangelia Ottonis
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Gospels
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Ottonian Gospel Book
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Creator:
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Master of the Registrum Gregorii
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Creator Role:
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Scribe
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Date Created:
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996-1002
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Page:
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16r
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Image Sequence Number:
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016r
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Description:
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Frontispiece to Matthew; large gold initials 'L' and 'I', below them in gold uncials '-ber generationis'. Four medallions. Full-page decoration and illumination. Gospel book commissioned by Otto II [955-983] or Otto III [983-1002].
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Language Code:
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lat
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Technique Used:
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Painting (image-making)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Support:
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Vellum
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Creation Site:
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Germany: Trier
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Item Height:
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240 mm
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Item Width:
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193 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Bibliotheca Bollandiana Bruxellensis
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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)
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2011-10-20
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Multi Page Number:
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185
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-04
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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