Detail View: Medieval Collection: Frontispiece
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Image Number:
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JRL1205487
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 116
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Image Title:
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Frontispiece
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Alternative Image Title:
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Psalm fifty one
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Parent Work Title:
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Psalter of St. Maximin
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Date Created:
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9th century
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Page:
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40r
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Image Sequence Number:
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040r
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Description:
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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.
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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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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Item Height:
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420 mm
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Item Width:
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325 mm
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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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2011-10-31
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Multi Page Number:
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415
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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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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