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Historiated initial from a Gradual
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 153 x 165 mm, two fragmentary four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and two fragmentary lines of text ruled in brown ink on reverse.
CONTENTS: On reverse, part of the Introit of the Mass for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June), which would have been introduced by the initial, N[unc scio vere, quia misit Dominus Angelum suum: et eripuit me d]e manu He[rodi]s et de [omni exspectatione plebis Judaeorum]
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink on gold ground, formed of acanthus, containing a trumpeter standing within an architectural niche, and terminating in a male head: [N] Saints Peter and Paul holding books, papal keys and a sword.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
15th Century, Mid-Late#
Circa
1470
CE
-
Circa
1480
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS McClean 201.13e
Primary reference Number: 181433
Project ID: 1502
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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