Interlaced blue and red initial, leaf from a Gradual

An image of Illuminated manuscript. Leaf from a Gradual. Production Place: Germany. Parchment, gold, 225 x 138 (195 x122) mm, 11 long lines ruled in plummet, 11 four-line musical staves ruled in brown, green, red and black ink, circa 1250.
CONTENTS: Statuit ei Dominus testamentum pacis (Ecl. 45:8), used for the feast of Cathedra Petri (22 Feb.), St Nicolas (6 Dec.) or other holy bishops and confessors. ORNAMENTATION: Interlaced blue and red initial [S, 6 ll.] with foliage infill on gold ground; red penwork initials [1 – 2 ll.].

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Illuminated manuscript. Leaf from a Gradual. Production Place: Germany. Parchment, gold, 225 x 138 (195 x122) mm, 11 long lines ruled in plummet, 11 four-line musical staves ruled in brown, green, red and black ink, circa 1250. CONTENTS: Statuit ei Dominus testamentum pacis (Ecl. 45:8), used for the feast of Cathedra Petri (22 Feb.), St Nicolas (6 Dec.) or other holy bishops and confessors. ORNAMENTATION: Interlaced blue and red initial [S, 6 ll.] with foliage infill on gold ground; red penwork initials [1 – 2 ll.].

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Accession Number: MS 200
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
Image height: 1611 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 323.81kB

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13th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd cutting decorative initial Fitz_MSPB foliage foliate German gold leaf gradual illuminated illumination initial interlace interlaced interlacing manuscript manuscript leaf manuscript leaves miniature music manuscript parchment

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