COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205355
Reference Number:
Latin MS 104
Image Title:
Book three: Chapter 57
Alternative Image Title:
Book three: Chapter 58
Parent Work Title:
Smaragdus's Commentary on the Rule of St Benedict
Creator:
Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, fl. 809-819
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
9th-10th century
Page:
165r
Image Sequence Number:
165r
Description:
Book three: Chapter 57; Chapter 58. Chapter fifty eight is introduced by the title in green filled with red, to which the word 'novici' has been added in the margin (On the Procedure for Receiving Novice Brothers). The text is written in a Visigothic minuscule on lines ruled with dry point. There are 27 lines to a page. The text of the Rule is written in red or green ink. Coloured or decorated initials are sometimes used, particularly following extracts from the Rule and to denote the start of the chapters. These are, in many cases, drawn in outline and sometimes filled in with colour red, green and yellow.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
ink
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Spain--Andalusia--Córdoba--Cardeña
Item Height:
252 mm
Item Width:
190 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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):
26/10/2011
Multi Page Number:
1665
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Book three: Chapter 57
