COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0901023dc
Reference Number:
English MS 17
Image Title:
Dedication
Parent Work Title:
Descriptions of the Canary Islands and of the Azores
Creator:
Skory, Edmund
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
c1610
Page/Sheet:
2r
Image Sequence Number:
002r
Description:
Dedication: To the truly honourable Knight Sir Frances Bacon, the knower and lover of all good arts. Illumination and decorated initials.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Canary Islands--Description and travel
Subject:
Spain--Description and travel
Subject:
Canary Islands--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Paper
Places Covered:
Spain: Canary Islands
People Covered:
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Item Height:
175 mm
Item Width:
130 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:
Tyson, Moses. Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, 1928
Notes:
Former owner: William Browning.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-08-13
Multi Page Number:
25
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Dedication
