COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader French MS 5
Reference Number:
French MS 5
Parent Work Title:
Bible Historiée
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Picture Bible
Date Created:
13th century [c.1250]
Description:
Forty eight full page paintings on a background of burnished gold, representing scenes from the Book of Genesis. There are descriptions in French, above and below the miniatures. It is interleaved with pre-1600 paper, the mark of Wendolin Riehel, Strasbourg.
Language Code:
fro-FR
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Bible. O.T.
Subject:
Bible
Subject:
Bible. Genesis
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Gold leaf
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
France
Item Height:
186 mm
Item Width:
149 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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:
Notes:
This MS was edited and reproduced by Dr Robert Fawtier, La Bible Historiée toute figurée de la John Rylands Library (Bulletin de la Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits á Peintures, VII., 1923, pp.34-87, and plates.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2013-09-03
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2013-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval