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Leaf from a Book of Hours
Artist: Painter of Add. MS. 15677
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 138 x 94 mm, leaf from a Book of Hours: miniature 95 x 63 mm, reverse sides blank.
DECORATION: Full-page miniature in thin arched frame with full strewn-flower borders on brushed gold or pink grounds: Virgin and Child standing on the moon, cloathed in the sun, carried above by angels, two angles crown her and two more play a viol and a lute.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1500
Support
composed of
parchment
Page
Height 138 mm
Width 94 mm
Miniature
Height 95 mm
Width 63 mm
Accession number: Marlay cutting G. 7e
Primary reference Number: 170672
Project ID: 138
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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