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Image Number: 
Bookreader German MS 2
Reference Number: 
German MS 2
Parent Work Title: 
Deutsches Stammbuch
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Armorial
Creator: 
Cranach, Lucas, 1515-1586
Creator Role: 
Artist
Date Created: 
1565
Description: 
Deutsches Stammbuch, sixteenth-century manuscript with over 1,800 emblazoned coats of arms of nobilities and dignities of the Empire. Written on paper and bound in vellum, gold tooled. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Younger and Workshop.
Language Code: 
ger
Language: 
German
Subject: 
Nobility--Germany--Heraldry
Subject: 
Nobility--Germany--Genealogy
Subject: 
Heraldry--Germany
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Ink
Medium: 
Paint
Support: 
Paper
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
Germany
Item Height: 
440 mm
Item Width: 
290 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: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
References: 
F. Taylor, Supplementary Handlist of Western Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1937), pp. 37-43
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2018-08-14
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB