COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
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
Dante & Beatrice
