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Image Number: 
JRL19012262
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 2
Parent Work Title: 
Exultet Roll
Date Created: 
c1000
Page: 
Frame 2
Image Sequence Number: 
002
Description: 
2nd skin, top - Illustrated: Crucifixion: above the arms are the sun & moon in medallions. To left, Longinus with the lance; to the right, Stephaton with sponge & bucket. 2nd skin, middle - Illustrated: Christ overcomes Satan. On left and right are buildings; groups of figures stand in the doorways. 2nd skin, bottom - Illustrated: the Harrowing of Hell. Christ, standing on Satan, takes the hand of Adam. Visible stitching. Roll on 3 vellum membranes. 10-11th century.
Language Code: 
lat
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Capital punishment
Subject: 
Death
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Rolls
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
Italy
People Covered: 
Jesus Christ
Item Height: 
1810 mm
Item Width: 
330 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; Taylor, Frank. “A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester / by Montague Rhodes James. Part 1: Catalogue.” A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester / by Montague Rhodes James. Part 1: Catalogue, 1980, pp. In: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library. Manchester, UK: At the University Press Longmans, Green & Company; 1980. p. 1–328
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2019-01-22
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2019-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval