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Border fragment from the Missal of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavicini: Marlay cutting It. 38b

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Border fragment from the Missal of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavicini

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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, pasted on cardboard, 360 x 56 mm

DECORATION: Vertical border consisting of flowers and acanthus on blue and red ground, and containing a medallion with two deer by a lake.

Notes

History note: Abate Luigi Celotti (c.1768-c.1846); his sale, Christie’s, London, 26 May 1825, part of lots 41-50 (Marlay cutting Z 1 was part of lot 50); William Young Ottley (1771-1836); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 11 May 1838, part of lots 204-206; purchased by Samuel Rogers (1763-1855); his sale, Christie’s, London, 28 April 1856, lot 1006

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

Dating

15th Century, Late
Production date: circa AD 1492

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