COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL021702tr
Reference Number:
French MS 1
Image Title:
St. Cecilia
Parent Work Title:
Livre de Lancelot del Lac
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Lancelot en Prose
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Lancelot du Lac
Translated Parent Work Title:
Prose Lancelot
Date Created:
c1300
Volume:
1
Page/Sheet:
82r
Image Sequence Number:
082r-b
Description:
Illustrated: detail of St. Cecilia (angel) with a portative organ.
Language Code:
fro-fr
Subject:
French literature
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
Musical instruments
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
France
Style Period:
French medieval
Item Height:
398 mm (folio)
Item Width:
283 mm (folio)
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:
Sommer, H. Oskar, 'Vulgate Version of Arthurian Romances' (Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1912), Vol.5, pp.256-257.
Bibliographic Citation:
Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances: Livre de Lancelot del Lac
Notes:
Volumes 1 and 2 of French MS 1 form the second part of a complete Grail Romance. The first part of the full manuscript is held by the Biblioteca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam.
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, May 2005
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
St. Cecilia
