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Detail View: Medieval Collection: Canticles

Image Number: 
JRL1205604
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 116
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford 133
Image Title: 
Canticles
Parent Work Title: 
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created: 
9th century
Page: 
98v
Image Sequence Number: 
098v
Description: 
Canticles; hymns. Feria VII: 'Summe deus...'; 'Aurora iam...'; Sabato: 'O lux...Deus creator...'. The verses are in two columns of 31 lines, in black Carolingian minuscule with titles in red uncials. The initial letter of each verse is capitalised and infilled with colour. Large, decorated initials introduce each canticle; the counter of the 'O' of 'O lux' is filled with a cross.
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
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): 
2011-10-31
Multi Page Number: 
1000
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval