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Historiated initial from a Choir Psalter
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 94 x 108 mm, three lines of fragmentary text ruled in brown ink on reverse.
CONTENTS: Part of Ps 68:5, [confortati su]nt qui perse[cuti sunt me ini]mici mei [iniuste quae non] rapui [tunc exsolvebam]
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink with white floral ornament and acanthus extensions on gold ground: Psalm 68, [S, 3 ll.] David in water praying to God who is blessing him from above.
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 201.13r
Primary reference Number: 181436
Project ID: 1502
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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