COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0908304dc
Reference Number:
Latin MS 7
Image Title:
Angel and women
Parent Work Title:
Gospel Book
Date Created:
11th century
Page/Sheet:
75v-76r
Image Sequence Number:
075v
Description:
Double page opening: the open tomb of Jesus. Three women, tall figures with caskets. On the right an angel is seated: behind him the domed sepulchre, with open door showing purple ground and linen cloth in air, twisted up. Below him are three soldiers with spears, sleeping on their red-lined shields. Trees all along the bottom of the picture.
Language Code:
lat-DE
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
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
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 (Munich, 1980)
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Angel and women
