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Miniature from a Psalter: Marlay cutting Fr. 1A.1

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Current Location: In storage

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Miniature from a Psalter

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, fragment 149 x 112 mm, miniature 128 x 80 mm, blank on reverse

DECORATION: Full-page miniature on burnished gold ground with blue and pink frame with gold corner pieces: Visitation with the Virgin Mary, holding a book, standing beside her cousin, Elizabeth.

Notes

History note: Pierre-Henri Gélis Didot (1853-1902); his sale, Paris, 12-13 April 1897, lot 41; Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912); his bequest, 1912.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

13th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1250

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

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Ink
Gold

Components of the work

Miniature Height 128 mm Width 80 mm
Parchment Height 149 mm Width 112 mm

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting Fr. 1A.1
Primary reference Number: 209261
Project ID: 5274

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Created: Friday 15 July 2016 Updated: Monday 24 November 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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