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Historiated initial
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 25 x 22 mm, pasted on cardboard.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in grey-blue with white ornament on gold ground: Adoration of the Magi.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Henderson, James Stewart
14th Century, Mid#
Production date:
circa
AD 1350
Accession number: MS 355.8ac.1
Primary reference Number: 179002
Project ID: 3512
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Historiated initial" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/179002 Accessed: 2024-11-21 21:05:24
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University of Cambridge}}
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