COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
BRO_Icelandic_MS_1
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BRO_Icelandic_MS_1
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Reference Number:
Icelandic MS 1
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Icelandic MS 1
Reference Number
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Parent Work Title:
Codex Lindesianus
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Codex Lindesianus
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Date Created:
15th century
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15th century
Date Created
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Description:
A 15th-century pocket-book containing the text of the computational treatise Rímbegla, a calendar in Latin (with English and Norwegian affiliations and two Easter tables) and several devotional works (including an abbreviated Icelandic version of Honorius of Autun's Sacramentary, an Icelandic Directory for a penitent (folios 47r-48r) and a compilation on the mystical meaning of the parts of the human form. The Directory is a very rare example of pre-Reformation religious instruction for popular devotion. Some erased lines in last quire.
description
A 15th-century pocket-book containing the text of the computational treatise Rímbegla, a calendar in Latin (with English and Norwegian affiliations and two Easter tables) and several devotional works (including an abbreviated Icelandic version of Honorius of Autun's Sacramentary, an Icelandic Directory for a penitent (folios 47r-48r) and a compilation on the mystical meaning of the parts of the human form. The Directory is a very rare example of pre-Reformation religious instruction for popular devotion. Some erased lines in last quire.
Description
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Language Code:
ice
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ice
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Language:
Icelandic
Language Code:
lat
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lat
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Language:
Latin
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Parchment
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Parchment
Support
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Item Height:
85 mm
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85 mm
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Item Width:
67 mm
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67 mm
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Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image
false
Access Rights:
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<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>
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2024-09-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2024-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
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