COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0803386dc
Reference Number:
French MS 99
Image Title:
Birth of Christ
Parent Work Title:
Histoire Universelle
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Chronicle Roll
Translated Parent Work Title:
Universal history
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
Frame 9
Image Sequence Number:
009
Description:
Vellum roll depicting a chronological history from the creation to 15th century France. It contains 65 painted medallions. The first column relates to the line of Judas Maccabeus, the Romans in the Holy Land, Herod and the birth of Jesus Christ. The second column tells of the Macedonians and Alexander the Great. The third column relates the story of Brutus, the first consul of Rome, the Roman Republic, and Hannibal and the Punic Wars. The fourth column gives an account of King Lear, Queen Cordelia and other early British Kings including Cunedagius, Judon killing her son, Brennius and Belinus, and the populating of Ireland by Gurguit Barbtruc. The medallions depict events from the text, including Macabeus (34) and the Nativity (35).
Language Code:
fre-FR
Language:
French
Subject:
Bible
Subject:
Great Britain--Folklore
Subject:
Ireland--Folklore
Subject:
Israel--History
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Roman history
Subject:
Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
750-1 BCE
Places Covered:
Great Britain
Places Covered:
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
Places Covered:
Israel
Places Covered:
Italy
People Covered:
Lear, King of England (Legendary character)
People Covered:
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
People Covered:
Jesus Christ
People Covered:
Cordelia, Queen (Legendary character)
People Covered:
Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C.
People Covered:
Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C.
Item Height:
17230 mm (roll)
Item Width:
686 mm (roll)
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Coppock, Mrs, former owner
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:
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
Notes:
Bought from Mrs Coppock of Newquay in January 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-01-28
Multi Page Number:
45
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2008-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Birth of Christ
