COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205487
Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
Image Title:
Frontispiece
Alternative Image Title:
Psalm fifty one
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created:
9th century
Page:
40r
Image Sequence Number:
040r
Description:
Frontispiece marking the commencement of the second division of the psalter (the psalter is divided into three fifties). The folio is occupied by the title and beginning to Psalm fifty one, 'Quid gloriaris...'. Occupying almost the full length of the page is a zoomorphic initial 'Q' filled with panels of interlace, rosettes, lozenges, quatrefoils and stylised foliage. The bracket comprises interlace flanked by the heads of two back biting beasts. The title is in coloured capitals, black capitals infilled with colour and red uncials with alternate lines filled with colour. The elements of the colour scheme are red, purple, black, blue, green and yellow.
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
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:
415
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Frontispiece
