COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 74
Reference Number:
Latin MS 74
Parent Work Title:
Antiphoner
Translated Parent Work Title:
Antiphonary
Date Created:
13th century [late]
Description:
Illuminated thirteenth-century Antiphoner, Latin manuscript written in Italy, in fine black hand. 9 lines of text and 9 of music on 4-line stave to a page. One line of each stave is yellow, another in red. Bound in old brown stamped leather, with cable and other patterns over wooden boards. Metal corners with flat bosses, ornaments and straps on both covers: on the front cover four pins for strap-fastenings. The straps have been replaced and the he binding has been extensively repaired in modern times .
Language Code:
lat-IT
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Liturgical books
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Music
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Support:
Leather
Creation Site:
Italy: Emilia
Item Height:
485 mm
Item Width:
330 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:
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):
2014-06-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-12
Metadata Language:
eng-GB