COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205423
Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
Image Title:
Prologue
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created:
9th century
Page:
8r
Image Sequence Number:
008r
Description:
Introductory page containing preliminary matter to the psalter. Large zoomorphic initial 'P' filled with interlace and acanthus leaf decoration, and with interlace finials. The bowl of the 'P' is formed by a bird's body bent backwards; the acanthus decoration in the stem is more classical in style than the rest of the large initials in the book. The elements of the colour scheme are red, purple, black, blue, green and yellow. 'Psalterium. Inquirendum est In cuius lingua dicitur. Psalterium grecum est': selected lines of opening words in red capitals, or in black infilled with colour. Main text in black, Carolingian minuscule, in two columns.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
420 mm
Item Width:
325 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:
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):
2011-10-31
Multi Page Number:
95
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Prologue
