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Framed Miniature: Marlay cutting G. 6

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Framed Miniature

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 217 x 170 mm, reverse blank.

DECORATION: Framed miniature: Annunciation witnessed by four Dominican friars, the Virgin’s open book is inscribed Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium et vocabitur nomen (Is. 7:14).

Place(s) associated

  • Nuremburg ⪼ Southern Germany ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century, Early#
Circa 1500 CE - Circa 1510 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment
Page Height 217 mm Width 170 mm

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting G. 6
Primary reference Number: 170662
Project ID: 137
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 2 September 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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