COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1212110
Reference Number:
Latin MS 32
Image Title:
Mass of St Stephen
Alternative Image Title:
Missa sancti stephani prothomartyris
Translated Image Title:
Mass of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr
Parent Work Title:
Colonna Missal
Date Created:
16th century
Volume:
1
Page/Sheet:
21r
Image Sequence Number:
021r
Description:
Detail from the " Missa sancti stephani prothomartyris" script (fol. xxi). Large initial measures 55x58 mm. The frame is plain gold. The ground marbled. Four genii surround the central picture and the two at the top each hold a stone in one hand, and with other support a golden crown in the centre. Of the two below, the one on the left supports a green bas-relief in gold frame, representing the stoning of Stephen. The other embraces a basket full of stones. The central picture represents Stephen on one knee, with hands slightly extended; stones on his head and shoulders. Young age and vested in a gold dalmatic. A landscape behind. At the right of the initial is an interesting piece of painting representing a wound in the vellum, the torn and crumbled edge of the initial protruding.
Language Code:
lat-IT
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Italy
Item Height:
55 mm
Item Width:
58 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:
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)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-15
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-12
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Mass of St Stephen
