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Border fragment with a peacock
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 58 x 44 mm, pasted on cardboard
DECORATION: Border fragment with a peacock balancing on a gold ball and holding another one in his beak.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Henderson, James Stewart
15th Century, Early-Mid
Circa
1400
CE
-
Circa
1450
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS 355.8a
Primary reference Number: 180476
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) "Border fragment with a peacock" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/180476 Accessed: 2024-11-24 09:15:36
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