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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner
Scribe:
Veneziano, Venturino
Artist:
Battista da Udine, Giovan
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 152 x 138 mm, two lines of fragmentary text and two fragmentary four-line musical staves ruled in red ink on reverse.
CONTENTS: The initial O would have introduced the antiphon to the psalms for first Vespers at Epiphany in the liturgy of San Marco, Venice, O admirabile commercium, creator generis humani animatum corpus sumen, de Virgini nasci dignatus est; a fragment of its continuation is on the reverse, [et procedens homo sine semine largitus] est nobis [suum deitatum].
DECORATION: Historiated initial formed of acanthus and grotesque profiles on burnished gold ground: [O] Adoration of the Magi.
History note: Basilica of San Marco, Venice
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, third quarter
Circa
1567
CE
-
Circa
1572
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 40
Primary reference Number: 176549
Project ID: 1384
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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