COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 21
Reference Number:
Latin MS 21
Parent Work Title:
Horae, Mary Queen of Scots
Translated Parent Work Title:
Book of Hours (Mary Queen of Scots)
Date Created:
15th century [late]
Description:
Horae (Mary, Queen of Scots), fifteenth century Latin manuscript, Book of Hours bound in modern green velvet case; 16 lines to a page, in an Italian Gothic hand; Flemish scribe. Decorated with pictures and borders of fluid gold wit birds (peacocks notably), natural flowers and fruit. These borders are divided into panels by gold frames and these panels have grounds of blue or purple-red. Italian Gothic hand; Flemish scribe. The book of devotion has bee the property of Mary, Queen of Scots. On two pages she has written inscriptions in French; the first is on page 113: "Mon Dieu Cofondez mes ennemys". The other, on page 124: " Dieu viuant mon seul Juge olyez mes plainctes & mes gemissementz.".
Language Code:
lat
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Bible. Old Testament
Subject:
Bookbinding
Subject:
Books of hours
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Medium:
Gold leaf
Medium:
Paint
Support:
Vellum
Support:
Velvet
Creation Site:
Flanders: French Flanders
Item Height:
74 mm
Item Width:
58 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:
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):
2018-06-15
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Academic Project Lead:
David Matthews
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-06
Educational Notes:
MA Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval