IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 207634 accession number: MS 2-2011 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Friday 15 January 2016 updated: Monday 5 February 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, bifolio 520 x 772 mm, leaf 520 x 386 mm (362 x 250 mm), two columns, 30 lines, ruled in plummet, written above top line, running headers, thread from the sewing of a lost protective curtain above the initial on fol. 1v SCRIPT: Gothic bookhand (textualis) CONTENTS fol. 1r-v Judges 21:8-24, followed by capitula for Ruth fol. 2r-v End of capitula for Ruth, followed by Ruth 1-2:1 DECORATION Historiated initial on gold ground, surmounted by a tower, with a dragon at the base: fol. 2r Ruth, [I, 30 ll.] Elimelech, Naomi and their sons, Mahalon and Chilion, clutching pilgrim staffs and travelling to Moab, the four figures are arranged vertically in separate compartments surmounted by arches. ORNAMENTATION Orange-red, blue and grey initial [F, 21 ll.] on gold ground, with infill of foliate coils and large stylised leaves in blue, rose, white, green and orange-red, extending down the column’s full length into a dragon whose tail terminates in coiled foliage, for the capitula to Ruth (fol. 1v); gold initial [T, 2 ll.] on blue ground, with infill of white scrollwork on pink ground, for Ruth 2:1 (fol. 2v); alternate gold and blue one-line initials for capitula; alternate gold and blue capitals in running headers. title: MS 2-2011_6_201412_jas244_mas.tif NOTES ----- type: history note value: Acquired in 1939 from the Hess Antiquariat in Bern by a relative of Salomé Burckhardt who presented it to the Museum in June 2011. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books creditline: Given by Salomé Burckhardt STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/207634 TECHNIQUES ---------- penwork TECHNIQUES ---------- egg tempura CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript leaf category: manuscript DATING ------ creation date: 1220 - 1220 creation date earliest: 1220 creation date latest: 1220 culture: 13th Century CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges - Part Three. France. Vol. 1: France, c.1000-c.1250 Geschichte der Schrift in Bildern --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb8/MS_202_2011_1_201107_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 702 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb8/mid_MS_202_2011_1_201107_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 343 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb8/MS_202_2011_1_201107_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 702 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb8/preview_MS_202_2011_1_201107_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 171 pixels width: 249 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb8/MS_202_2011_2_201107_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 704 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb8/mid_MS_202_2011_2_201107_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 344 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb8/MS_202_2011_2_201107_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 704 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb8/preview_MS_202_2011_2_201107_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 172 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/367/large_MS_2_2011_6_201412_jas244_mas.jpg height: 691 pixels width: 1023 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/367/mid_MS_2_2011_6_201412_jas244_mas.jpg height: 338 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MS 2-2011_6_201412_jas244_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/367/preview_MS_2_2011_6_201412_jas244_mas.jpg height: 169 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/367/MS_2_2011_6_201412_jas244_mas.ptif height: 3786 pixels width: 5607 pixels