COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205556
Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
Image Title:
Psalm one hundred and eighteen
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created:
9th century
Page:
74v
Image Sequence Number:
074v
Description:
Psalm one hundred and eighteen. The verses are in two columns of 30 lines, in black Carolingian minuscule with titles in red uncials. The initial letter of each verse is capitalised and infilled with colour. The psalm continues over several folios, being divided into twenty two sections, headed by the names of letters of the Hebrew alphabet, titled in red uncials and followed by an oratio. A large, decorated or coloured initial begins each section; the section headed 'gemel' on the present folio begins with a black capital 'R', infilled with colour. The orationes have been partly erased.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
ink
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
420 mm
Item Width:
325 mm
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
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
Multi Page Number:
760
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Psalm one hundred and eighteen
