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Detail View: Rylands Collection: St Avoye

Image Number: 
JRL17050643
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 164
Image Title: 
St Avoye
Parent Work Title: 
Horae [Paris]
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Book of Hours
Date Created: 
c1430
Page/Sheet: 
258r
Image Sequence Number: 
258r
Description: 
Fifteenth century. Fine Gothic hand. Illuminated: St Avoye in red seen at the window of a stone building; the Virgin housels her; two angels kneel holding cruets. Decorated border: flora. The manuscript has been digitised in its entirety and can be viewed here
Language Code: 
lat-FR
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Catholic Church
Subject: 
Books of hours
Subject: 
Bible. New Testament
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
France: Île-de-France: Paris
Time Period Covered: 
15th Century
Item Height: 
220 mm
Item Width: 
155 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: 
M.R. James, 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): 
2017-05-10
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-12
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands