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Leaf from a Missal: Marlay cutting G. 4

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Leaf from a Missal

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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 268 x 199 mm, reverse blank

DECORATION: Full-page framed miniature with borders containing floral and ivy-leaf spraywork, gold stars, and a gold cross for kissing: Crucifixion with the Virgin, St John, and two angels gathering Christ’s blood in chalices.

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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

15th Century, third quarter
Circa 1450 CE - Circa 1475 CE

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