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Historiated initial
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 110 x 120 mm, image within initial 90 x 63 mm. Made up of an image painted onto re-used pieces of parchment taken from the borders of a fifteenth-century manuscript and superimposed parchment sections containing the halos, the letters, and their gold backgrounds.
DECORATION: Historaited initial in pink with acanthus extensions on gold ground, images within letter on blue ground: [O] Bust of a prophet holding a blank scroll.
History note: Thomas Miller Whitehead, acquired in June 1855 (ownership inscription on reverse)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, Late-19th Century
Circa
1475
CE
-
Circa
1499
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting Z. 4c
Primary reference Number: 181286
Project ID: 1429
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Historiated initial" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/181286 Accessed: 2024-12-31 17:41:20
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