Skip to main content

Initial from a set of choir books: Marlay cutting It. 1

An image of Cutting (manuscript)

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Initial from a set of choir books

Maker(s)

Artist: Gherardino da Forlì, Giustino di

Entities

Categories

Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 189 x 165mm, three musical staves ruled in red ink, three fragmentary lines of text, ruled in plummet

CONTENT: On reverse, fragmentary text, magnificen[tia] in sanctificatio[ne] eius (Ps. 95:6); the initial would have introduced the Introit for the Mass for the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, Gaudeamus omnes

DECORATION: Historiated initial in graded pink or grey with acanthus ornament on gold ground:[G] Dormition of the Virgin

Notes

History note: Thomas Miller Whitehead (d. 1877), who bought both cuttings from Boone in February 1856 (notes in his hand on the reverse of both cuttings)

Place(s) associated

  • Venice

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

14th Century, third quarter#
Circa 1360 CE - Circa 1370 CE

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Initial from a set of choir books" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176589 Accessed: 2024-11-11 14:34:22

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176589 |title=Initial from a set of choir books |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-11 14:34:22|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-176589

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/656/222/large_Marlay_cutting_It__1_mas.jpg"
        alt="Initial from a set of choir books"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Initial from a set of choir books</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...