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From A to Z (completed work)
Calligrapher: Lovett, Patricia
Tools and materials used: leaf gold on gesso, shell gold, Schmincke calligraphy gouache, written with a quill on calfskin manuscript vellum
Given by Patricia Lovett
Height: 425 mm
Width: 315 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given by Lovett, Patricia
Production date: AD 2007
Support
composed of
vellum (skin)
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 29.4-2007
Primary reference Number: 167402
Old object number: Calligraphy/Lovett/2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "From A to Z (completed work)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167402 Accessed: 2023-06-04 16:21:14
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Accession Number: M.85-1961
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Accession Number: P.169-1961
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