Skip to main content

Initial from an Antiphoner: MS McClean 201.9f

An image of Cutting (manuscript)

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Initial from an Antiphoner

Entities

Categories

Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 64 x 66 mm, one four-line musical stave ruled in red ink and one line of fragmentary text on reverse.

CONTENTS: On reverse, fragmentary text: […]nes[…]; the initial would have introduced the antiphon at First Vespers for Pentecost, Dum complerentur, or the responsory to the first lesson at Matins, also Dum complerentur.

DECORATION: Historiated initial in shell pink on a gold ground: [D] Group of men looking upwards, probably Pentecost.

Place(s) associated

  • Bologna ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank

Dating

14th Century, third quarter#
Circa 1350 CE - Circa 1375 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment

Techniques used in production

Illumination

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: MS McClean 201.9f
Primary reference Number: 181390
Project ID: 1496
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 3 September 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Initial from an Antiphoner" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/181390 Accessed: 2024-11-14 17:47:26

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/181390 |title=Initial from an Antiphoner |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-14 17:47:26|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-181390

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/727/883/large_MS_McClean_201_9f_mas.jpg"
        alt="Initial from an Antiphoner"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Initial from an Antiphoner</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...