COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL021499tr
Reference Number:
Latin MS 2
Image Title:
Exultet Roll - Harrowing of Hell
Parent Work Title:
Exultet Roll
Date Created:
c1000
Page:
Frame 4
Image Sequence Number:
004
Description:
2nd skin, bottom; 3rd skin, top - Illustrated: the Harrowing of Hell. Christ, standing on Satan, takes the hand of Adam. Between the lines of text are musical notations. Visible stitching. On 3 vellum membranes. 10-11th century.
Language Code:
lat
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Capital punishment
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Music
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Rolls
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Italy
Item Height:
1810 mm
Item Width:
310 mm
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:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
References:
James, M R; Taylor, Frank. “A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester / by Montague Rhodes James. Part 1: Catalogue.” A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester / by Montague Rhodes James. Part 1: Catalogue, 1980, pp. In: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library. Manchester, UK: At the University Press Longmans, Green & Company; 1980. p. 1–328
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2003-06
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, June 2003
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Exultet Roll - Harrowing of Hell
