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

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Current Location: In storage

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Initial from a set of choir books

Maker(s)

Artist: Gherardino da Forlì, Giustino di

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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)

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

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

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