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Cutting from an Antiphoner for the Sanctoral
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 306 x 192 mm, four musical staves ruled in red ink, four fragmentary lines of text, ruled in brown ink.
CONTENTS: Antiphon and responsories to the first lesson of Matins for the Nativity of St John the Baptist, [Ne timeas a facie eorum quia ego] tecum sum dicit dominus. P. Domine qui]. R. i. Fuit ho[mo missus a deo cui no]men iohannes erat. H[ic venit ad testimonium perhiberet de lumine et pareret] (reverse) [do]mino ple[bem perfect]am. V. Erat [iohannes in desert]o predicans baptismum [penitenti]e. Hic. R. ii Heli[zabeth zachari magnum virum genuit]; the initial F introduced the first responsory, Fuit homo missus.
ORNAMENTATION: Ornamental initial in liquid gold and pink on blue and dark pink grounds with coloured vine-scroll infill and acanthus extensions forming partial borders: [F, 4 staves high].
Alternate red or blue initials [height of the gap between staves] with purple or red pen flourishing, using small scallop and trefoil motifs: two initials on reverse.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
14th Century, second quarter
Circa
1325
-
Circa
1350
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS McClean 201.12a.5
Primary reference Number: 181399
Project ID: 1499
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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