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Historiated initial from a Choir Psalter
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 165 x 153 mm, five lines of text ruled in brown ink on reverse.
CONTENTS: On reverse, part of Psalm 118:9-10, [ser]mones tuos / in toto corde / meo exquisivi / te ne repellas / me a manda[tis tuis]; the initial may have introduced Psalm 118, Beati immaculati.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink with white floral pattern and acanthus extensions on gold ground: Psalm 118, [B, 5 ll.] David playing psaltery in a landscape.
ORNAMENTATION: Blue initial [I, 1 l.], mostly trimmed, with red pen flourishing.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
15th Century, Late
Circa
1490
CE
-
Circa
1499
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS McClean 201.16d
Primary reference Number: 178986
Project ID: 4129
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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