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Detail View: Medieval Collection: Gospel of Matthew

Image Number: 
JRL1204514
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 98
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford 110
Image Title: 
Gospel of Matthew
Parent Work Title: 
Evangelia Ottonis
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Gospels
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Ottonian Gospel Book
Creator: 
Master of the Registrum Gregorii
Creator Role: 
Scribe
Date Created: 
996-1002
Page: 
23r
Image Sequence Number: 
023r
Description: 
Gospel of Matthew: chapters four and five. Initial of chapter in gold: others in red ink. The first line of the chapter is written in red capitals. The text is written in an exquisite, rather tall, round and upright, minuscule hand. There are 25 lines to a page, on lines ruled with a dry point. Gospel book commissioned by Otto II [955-983] or Otto III [983-1002].
Language Code: 
lat
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Religion
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
Germany: Trier
Item Height: 
240 mm
Item Width: 
193 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Bibliotheca Bollandiana Bruxellensis
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: 
Creative Commons License
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): 
2011-10-20
Multi Page Number: 
255
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2012-04
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval