Detail View: Medieval Collection:

Image Number: 
Bookreader Latin MS 24
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 24
Parent Work Title: 
Missal [Sarum]
Date Created: 
13th century [mid]
Description: 
Missal in memory of Henry of Chichester. Thirteenth century. Old binding, skin over boards, remains of a strap and pin fastening. The script is a fine hand in double columns, music is on a four-line stave. Illuminated: the pictured work consists of historiated initials and full-page paintings. These are in a fine rather archaic and stiff manner. The grounds are gold.
Language Code: 
lat-GB
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Christianity
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
England
Item Height: 
317 mm
Item Width: 
203 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: 
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): 
2014-08
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2014-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval