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Fragment of Book of Book of Hours (leaf from FM 54): MS 1262-1985

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Current Location: In storage

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161 x 96 (100 x 68) mm, 20 long lines, ruled in ink

Suffrages; SS Peter and Paul, St Andrew

2 small miniatures (recto, SS Peter and Paul; verso, St Andrew) in gold frames inset in text, gold initials [2 l.] on blue and pink with white, three-quarter acanthus borders with foliate motifs, bright red rubrication

Notes

History note: Manuscript made for woman, probably in Cork; Sir Thomas Selby, 1719; Hon. Edward Petre, 19th c.; Samuel Sandars, 19th c.; Maggs Bros, 1985; Friends of the Fitzwilliam, 1985

Place(s) associated

  • Bruges ⪼ Flanders

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1985) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

15th Century#
Circa 1480 CE - Circa 1490 CE

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Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Parchment

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MS 1262-1985
Primary reference Number: 118682
Project ID: 1227
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 4 September 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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