COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Man4MedievalVC~4~4
Medieval Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 65
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Bookreader Latin MS 65
Image Number
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Reference Number:
Latin MS 65
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Latin MS 65
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Alchemica
parent_work_title
Alchemica
Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
15th century
date_created
15th century
Date Created
false
Description:
Alchemica, with a stamped leather binding over wooden boards, ornamented with five bosses and two metal clasps. Each treatise is introduced with a decorated and illuminated initial, there is red rubrication and pen-flourished initials throughout. The text comprises 38 lines of script to a page in good Italian hands. Towards the end of the codex there are drawings, diagrams and tables; also a volvelle of nine layers.
description
Alchemica, with a stamped leather binding over wooden boards, ornamented with five bosses and two metal clasps. Each treatise is introduced with a decorated and illuminated initial, there is red rubrication and pen-flourished initials throughout. The text comprises 38 lines of script to a page in good Italian hands. Towards the end of the codex there are drawings, diagrams and tables; also a volvelle of nine layers.
Description
false
Language Code:
lat
language
lat
Language Code
false
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Alchemy
subject
Alchemy
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique_used
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
technique_used
Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Medium:
Gold leaf
medium
Gold leaf
Medium
false
Support:
Leather
support
Leather
Support
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
provenance
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Bragge, William, of Birmingham, 1823-1824, previous owner.
provenance
Bragge, William, of Birmingham, 1823-1824, previous owner.
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___image
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___work
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
false
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)
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)
References
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2016-10-13
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2016-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
Collection Code
false