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Border fragment with a peacock: MS 355.8a

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Border fragment with a peacock

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Description

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

15th Century, Early-Mid
Circa 1400 CE - Circa 1450 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

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 355.8a
Primary reference Number: 180476
Project ID: 3512

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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