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Half-length figure of a prophet, initial from a Choir book

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An image of Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Initial from a Choir book. Production Place: Italy, Lombardy. Parchment, gold, 80 x 88 mm, one fragmentary four-line musical stave ruled in red ink and one line of fragmentary words ruled in brown ink on reverse, circa 1500.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink with acanthus on gold ground: [D, 1 l.] Half-length figure of a prophet.

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Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Initial from a Choir book. Production Place: Italy, Lombardy. Parchment, gold, 80 x 88 mm, one fragmentary four-line musical stave ruled in red ink and one line of fragmentary words ruled in brown ink on reverse, circa 1500. DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink with acanthus on gold ground: [D, 1 l.] Half-length figure of a prophet.

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  • Accession Number: MS McClean 201.16c
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Andrew Morris
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  • Image width: 1024 pixels
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15th Century 16th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending acanthus bearded beards blue choir book cutting decorative initial Fitz_MSPB gold leaf green half length headdress headgear historiated initial illuminated illumination inhabited initial initial Italian Lombard School male manuscript miniature music manuscript parchment prophet prophets Quattrocento red religion religious Renaissance

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