IDENTIFIERS
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id:	201724
accession number:	MAR.M.282-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Wednesday 3 June 2015
updated:	Tuesday 5 January 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Gilded brass with supplied silver ornamentation.
The Book of Hours was printed in Venice in 1647.  The binding is entirely metal, with the sides hinged to the spine and clasps to keep it closed.  The front and back are decorated in identical fashion, there is a raised outer frame and an inner raised from three eighths apart, between them are supplied silver ornaments.  There is a rosette in each corner with a winged cherub's head in the centre top and bottom, and down the sides a garland.  Within the inner frame is the applied silver figure of the Virgin and Child standing on the Crescent Moon (in relief).  The spine is divided into four squares by raised frames of silver beading, with an applied silver rosette in each.
title:	binding

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C. B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201724





TECHNIQUES
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beading (metal decorating)
TECHNIQUES
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gilding

CATEGORIES
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category: metalwork

DATING
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culture:	17th Century#


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: in
value: 2.9

dimension: Thickness
units: in
value: 0.6

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 2.3