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Historiated initial from a set of Choir Books
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 275 x 135 mm, two fragmentary four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and three fragmentary lines ruled in black ink on reverse.
CONTENTS: The initial would have opened the invitatory for Matins on Palm Sunday, small fragments from which survive on the reverse, [Ipsi vero non cognoverunt] vias [meas. Quibus] iura[vi in ira mea si] in[troibunt in requiem meam].
DECORATION: Historiated initial in grey-blue or pink with stylized acanthus, terminating in beasts’ heads, on blue ground with delicate white scrolling ornament and white dots: [I, 3 ll.] Entry into Jerusalem.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
14th Century, Early
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1310
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting Z. 9a
Primary reference Number: 178551
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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