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Leaf from Hours
Artist: Master of Martainville 183
One of twelve leaves from Hours
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: parchment 170 x 110 mm (120 x 60 mm), 34 long lines ruled in faint red ink on reverse
SCRIPT: Gothic bookhand (textualis)
CONTENTS:
Hours of the Cross, continuing on reverse.
DECORATION:
Large miniature, framed by marble pillars, with the opening words of the liturgical office inscribed beneath on white trompe-l’oeil scrolls: (recto) Hours of the Cross, Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John. Small miniature (verso) Hours of the Cross, Christ before Pilate.
ORNAMENTATION
Gold and silver initials on red and maroon grounds; gold and silver line-fillers on red and maroon grounds; one-sided borders in the outer margins, predominantly in gold and silver on red and silver grounds incorporating wild men, floral sprays and acanthus on text pages; rubrics in blue; capitals highlighted in yellow
History note: Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912); his bequest, 1912
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century
1500
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1520
Support
composed of
parchment
Text
Height 120 mm
Width 60 mm
Page
Height 170 mm
Width 110 mm
Accession number: Marlay cutting Fr. 14c
Primary reference Number: 209499
Project ID: 1356
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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