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Initial from a Gradual
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 154 x 145 mm, two four-line musical staves ruled in red, two fragmentary lines of text ruled in pale brown ink.
CONTENTS: On reverse, fragmentary text, Bene[dicta tu es in] mulieribus; the historiated initial may have introduced the Introit to the Mass for the Feast of the Assumption, Gaudeamus omnes.
DECORATION: Historiated initial [probably G] in dark pink with folded back petal motifs on gold ground: Assumption of the Virgin.
ORNAMENTATION: Red initial [B, height of the gap between staves] with purple pen flourishing on reverse.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, Mid#
Production date:
circa
AD 1450
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 79
Primary reference Number: 178368
Project ID: 1419
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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) "Initial from a Gradual" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/178368 Accessed: 2024-12-31 13:52:00
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