Detail View: Rylands Collection: Dante & Beatrice

Image Number: 
JRL1119741
Reference Number: 
Italian MS 1
Image Title: 
Dante & Beatrice
Parent Work Title: 
Canzoni
Creator: 
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
14th century
Page/Sheet: 
149r [title page of section 3]
Image Sequence Number: 
149r
Description: 
Illustrated: miniature of Dante and Beatrice. Historiated initial 'C'. Elaborate continuous border with Beatrice in the outer border and illumination.
Language Code: 
ita
Subject: 
Italian literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
Italy
Item Height: 
243 mm
Item Width: 
163 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Weigel, Oswald, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
References: 
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000; Ker, N.R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. III Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford, 1983), 458-459.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2011-03-28
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-04
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB