These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment
CONTENT: Leaf with full-length portraits of René d’Anjou and John II, King of Aragon.
DECORATION: On recto full length portrait of René d’Anjou with shield of arms (Hungary, Naples, Jerusalem, Anjou, Bar), supported by a brown antelope; inscription ‘Renhart von gots / gnaden khünig von / Cecilia hertzog von / Kallabria’. On verso John II, duke of Aragon with shield of arms (Navarre, Evreux, Aragon, Castille and Leon), supported by grey antelope; inscription ‘Hanns von Gottes gnaden / khünig von Navern [Navarra] / und von Arrogon (sic) hertzog / von Nemons (sic) / und von Munblanckh / Graf von FibbagorSa [Ribagorza] / Herr der Statt Ballager’.
History note: William Horatio Crawford of Lakelands (1812 – 1888); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 11 April 1961, lot 121; Francis Wormald (1904 – 1972); his gift, 1961.
Method of acquisition: Given (1961) by Wormald, Francis
15th Century, Late
Circa
1490
CE
-
Circa
1499
CE
Support
composed of
parchment
Page
Height 220 mm
Width 152 mm
Accession number: MS 1-1961
Primary reference Number: 170631
Project ID: 120
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 (2024) "Leaf (manuscript)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170631 Accessed: 2024-12-23 01:04:35
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170631
|title=Leaf (manuscript)
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 01:04:35|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-170631
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/744/large_MS_1_1961_recto_dc1.jpg" alt="Leaf (manuscript)" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Leaf (manuscript)</figcaption> </figure> </div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...