COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205439
Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
Image Title:
Decorated initial
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created:
9th century
Page:
16r
Image Sequence Number:
016r
Description:
Beginning of the psalter in large coloured capitals. Much of the page is occupied by a large zoomorphic initial 'B' filled with panels of interlace, rosettes and acanthus, terminating in birds' or serpents' heads. Psalm one: 'Beatus vir...non sedit'; the 'E' and 'A' are interlace filled, the letters of the first four lines drawn in double lines and the remainder written in ink and filled with colour, diminishing in size down the page. The elements of the colour scheme are red, green, yellow, purple and blue.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
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:
175
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Decorated initial
