COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 116
Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created:
9th century
Description:
Manuscript of the 'Psalter of St. Maximin'. The binding is brown leather with blind and gold tooling and dates from the 14th century. The text is written in double columns of 29-30 lines to a page. Written in the ninth century, in a fine clear, Carolingian minuscule, almost upright. Lines ruled with dry point. In the cover is the ticket of the Museum of Bollandianum Bruxellis. The manuscript has examples of the continental-Celtic style of decoration. The rosettes and interlacing of the Celtic school are combined with acanthusleaf, and foliage. The elements of the colour scheme are red, purple, black, green and yellow.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Blind-tooling
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Support:
Leather
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
420 mm
Item Width:
325 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Bibliotheca Bollandiana Bruxellensis
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):
2011-10-31
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-12
Metadata Language:
eng-GB