Detail View: Medieval Collection:
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Image Number:
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French MS 5
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Reference Number:
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French MS 5
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Parent Work Title:
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Bible Historiée
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Picture Bible
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Date Created:
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13th century [c.1250]
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Description:
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Forty eight full page paintings on a background of burnished gold, representing scenes from the Book of Genesis. There are descriptions in French, above and below the miniatures. It is interleaved with pre-1600 paper, the mark of Wendolin Riehel, Strasbourg.
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Language Code:
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fro-FR
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Bible. O.T.
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Subject:
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Bible
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Subject:
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Bible. Genesis
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Medium:
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ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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France
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Item Height:
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186 mm
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Item Width:
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149 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Notes:
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This MS was edited and reproduced by Dr Robert Fawtier, La Bible Historiée toute figurée de la John Rylands Library (Bulletin de la Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits á Peintures, VII., 1923, pp.34-87, and plates.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2013-09-03
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2013-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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