Detail View: Medieval Collection:

Image Number: 
Bookreader Latin MS 19
Reference Number: 
Latin MS 19
Parent Work Title: 
Apocalypse
Date Created: 
14th century
Description: 
Bound in vellum, Franco-Flemish manuscript, picture-book produced in Northern France probably in the late 14th century with descriptive legends written on the pictures. Beautifully executed illustrations: pale purples, reds, and greens are the prevailing colours: faces are softly drawn and stippled. The grounds are left plain throughout; writing of the legends, in red and black.
Language Code: 
lat-FR
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Death--Religious aspects
Subject: 
End of the world
Subject: 
Apocalypse
Subject: 
Judgment Day
Subject: 
Revelation
Subject: 
Antichrist
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Drawing
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Paint
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
France
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
M.R. James, 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 (München, 1980)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2017-10-31
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB