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Historiated initial from a Choir Book: Marlay cutting Z. 4b

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Historiated initial from a Choir Book

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 70 x 80 mm, fragmentary four-line musical stave ruled in red ink and fragmentary words on reverse.

DECORATION: Historiated initial in dark pink with white abstract ornament and acanthus extensions on gold ground: [S] Two half-length figures of saints, one bearded and holding a book and palm branch, the other youthful and holding a book and a lily-spray.

Notes

History note: Thomas Miller Whitehead, acquired in June 1855 (ownesrship inscription on reverse); Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912); his bequest, 1912.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

15th Century, Late
Circa 1480 CE - Circa 1490 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting Z. 4b
Primary reference Number: 178464
Project ID: 1429

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 2 September 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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