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Cutting from the Missals of Pope Clement VII: Marlay cutting It. 33h

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cutting from the Missals of Pope Clement VII

Maker(s)

Artist: Giallo, Jacopo del

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, traces of earlier paper mounts on verso, collage formed of three pieces, a central bar and two corner pieces, now pasted together to form a single bar, 317 x 32 mm

DECORATION: Vertical inhabited border similar to Marlay cutting It. 33a, but with image of Death with scythe at top.

Notes

History note: Pope Clement VII (r. 1523-1534); Abate Luigi Celotti (c.1768-c.1846); his sale, Christie’s, London, 26 May 1825, lot 63 (Marlay cutting It. 35) and part of lot 74 (Marlay cuttings It. 33 and It. 34); Thomas Miller Whitehead

Place(s) associated

  • Rome

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

16th Century, first half#
Circa 1523 CE - Circa 1534 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of paper parchment

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 33h
Primary reference Number: 181242
Project ID: 1381
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 April 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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