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Historiated initial from a Choir Book
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.
History note: Thomas Miller Whitehead, acquired in June 1855 (ownesrship inscription on reverse); Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912); his bequest, 1912.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, Late#
Circa
1480
CE
-
Circa
1490
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting Z. 4b
Primary reference Number: 178464
Project ID: 1429
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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