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Annunciation
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 130 x 78 mm
CONTENTS: On reverse, four lines of fragmentary text rendered illegible by the cardboard to which the cutting was formerly pasted.
DECORATION: Annunciation, showing the Virgin before a lectern with an open book, the Archangel Gabriel kneeling in a jewelled cape, and a host of angels with the Christ Child following the dove of the Holy Spirit.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1450
CE
-
Circa
1475
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 27
Primary reference Number: 176601
Project ID: 1377
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Annunciation" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176601 Accessed: 2024-11-14 06:44:35
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