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Initial from an Antiphoner
Artist: Nerio
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 110 x 124 mm, two four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and two lines of fragmentary text ruled in plummet.
CONTENTS: On reverse, responsory to the second lesson at Matins for the feast of St Stephen, [Videbant omnes Stephanum qui erant in con]cilio. Et in[tuebantur uultum eius tan]quam uultum an[geli stantis inter illos]; the initial S would have introduced the responsory to the first lesson at Matins for the feast of St Stephen, Stephanus autem plenus gratia.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink, grey and beige, [S] Martyrdom of St Stephen, with Saul observing.
History note: ‘No 10’ written in pencil on verso
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. 80c
Primary reference Number: 181234
Project ID: 1420
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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