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Leaf from a Doge’s Commission
Artist: Huntington Master
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 200 x 139 mm
CONTENTS: Commission from Doge Pascale Cicogna (1585-1595) to a member of the Capello family.
DECORATION: Full-page oval miniature with Doge enthroned and presenting a richly bound book to the kneeling holder of the commission, with vision of Christ in sky above, framed by a full border of gold formal ornament with the arms of the Capello family in the lower bar.
ORNAMENTATION: The opening lines of the text are written in gold epigraphic capitals.
History note: Samuel Rogers (1763-1855); acquired from him by Thomas Miller Whitehead in 1855 (note on verso of mount)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Late#
Circa
1585
CE
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Circa
1595
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 55
Primary reference Number: 176699
Project ID: 1400
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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