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Initial from an Antiphoner
Artist: Nerio
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 142 x 151 mm, two four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and two lines of fragmentary text ruled in plummet.
CONTENTS: On reverse, antiphon to the Magnificat at First Vespers for the Common of Martyrs in the Easter season, [Lux perp]etua lucebit [sanctis tuis domine alleluia et e]ternitas tempo[rum]; the initial B would have introduced the responsory to the first lesson at Matins for the Common of Martyrs in the Easter season, Beatus vir qui metuit dominum.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink, grey and beige, which extends into medallions with pseudo-cufic script: [B] Half-length image of a prophet or saint, holding a scroll with intended Hebrew script.
History note: ‘No 10’ written in pencil on verso; ‘134’ written in black ink on the reverse
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
14th Century, Early#
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1325
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 80a
Primary reference Number: 181233
Project ID: 1420
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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