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Pendant Book
Maker: Unknown
Silver-gilt, with leaves made of silver and engraved with scenes from the Passion. Perhaps for attaching to a rosary, with pendant amethyst. Scenes: Annunciation, Nativity, Last Supper, Agony in the Garden, Kiss of Judas, Christ before Pilate, Scourying of Christ, The Mocking of Christ, Christ Carrying the Cross, the Erection of the Cross, Christ being Nailed to the Cross, the Crucifixion Deposition, Entombment, Resurrection, Christ Child Enthroned, a Pope and a female Saint.
History note: Unknown before Charles Brinsely Marlay (1831-112)
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 6 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century-17th Century?
Circa
1500
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
The small pendant bead, originally identified as amethyst was re-identified on the FORS spectrum as Corundum, a varicoloured pale blue to purple sapphire, in 2014.
Decoration
Accession number: MAR.M.281-1912
Primary reference Number: 139871
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pendant Book" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/139871 Accessed: 2024-12-22 14:30:57
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