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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner: MS 195

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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 205 x 137 mm, three fragmentary four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and three lines of fragmentary text on reverse.

CONTENTS: Although the initial is fragmentary, the curve of the left shaft and the cross-bar suggest that it was probably an A introducing the responsory to the first lesson at Matins for Easter Sunday, Angelus domini descendit. This is supported by the fragmentary text on the reverse, alleluia allel[uya]…Quis est iste…citamur.

DECORATION: Historiated initial in pale pink with acanthus on burnished gold ground: [probably A, 3 ll.] The Three Women approaching the Angel sitting on the Tomb.

Notes

History note: At the Museum by 1895

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1891)

Dating

14th Century, second quarter
Circa 1325 CE - Circa 1350 CE

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: MS 195
Primary reference Number: 178894
Project ID: 419

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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