COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1205607
Reference Number:
Latin MS 116
Image Title:
Canticles
Parent Work Title:
Psalter of St. Maximin
Date Created:
9th century
Page:
100r
Image Sequence Number:
100r
Description:
Canticles. Old title obliterated; later title of 12th century date (?): In pasca ad laudes ymnus - 'Aurora lucis...'; Hymnus ad tertiam: 'Hic est dies verus dei', between which is interlineated 'Non cantatur'. 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; the counter of the 'H' of 'Hic' is filled with a cross. In the margin, in a small hand: 'A solis ortus...', below which, in a 12th or 13th century (?) hand is: In pasca ad noct. - 'Rex eterne domine...'.
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:
1015
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Canticles
