COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205606
Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
Image Title:
Canticles
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created:
9th century
Page:
99v
Image Sequence Number:
099v
Description:
Canticles; hymns. Hymnus in Nativitate Domini: 'Veni redemptor...'. Incipit: Hymni in pascha Domini ad matutinam: 'Te lucis auctor...'. The title 'Ad vesperum in pascha Domini' is apparently original, but the text is later; a note of the 13th century (?) 'Non canitur' is interlineated. '[V]ita sanctorum decus angelorum. The verses are in two columns of 32 lines, in black Carolingian minuscule with titles in red uncials. The initial letter of each verse is capitalised and infilled with colour. Large, decorated initials introduce each canticle. In the margin, in a fine, small hand: 'Christe redemptor omnium...'.
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Religion
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:
1010
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Canticles
