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Cutting from the Missals of Pope Clement VII: Marlay cutting It. 33a

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Cutting from the Missals of Pope Clement VII

Maker(s)

Artist: Giallo, Jacopo del

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, traces of earlier paper mounts on verso, 317 x 33 mm

DECORATION: Vertical inhabited border with scrolling foliage and medallions on black ground, the medallions housing skeletons, skulls, crossbones, Medici emblem of falcon with diamond ring and motto Semper, inscriptions Clem and VII in two roundels, and Death with scythe.

Notes

History note: Pope Clement VII (r. 1523-1534); Abate Luigi Celotti (c.1768-c.1846); his sale, Christie’s, London, 26 May 1825, lot 63 (Marlay cutting It. 35) and part of lot 74 (Marlay cuttings It. 33 and It. 34); Thomas Miller Whitehead

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century, first half
Circa 1523 CE - Circa 1534 CE

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Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of paper parchment

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 33a
Primary reference Number: 176571
Project ID: 1381

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 27 August 2024

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

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