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Miniature from a Book of Hours: Marlay cutting Z. 10a

An image of Cutting (manuscript)
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An image of Cutting (manuscript)
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Miniature from a Book of Hours

Maker(s)

Artist: Poyer, Jean

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment: 46 x 88 mm, pasted on cardboard

SCRIPT: Gothic bookhand (textualis)

CONTENTS:
The second verse of Matins for the Hours of the Holy Spirit, Deus in adiutorium meum intende, can be discerned in the upper register of the image despite having been overpainted.

DECORATION:
Bas-de-page framed miniature showing the Virgin and seven apostles kneeling at the base of a hill, presumably witnessing Christ’s Ascension which was probably the subject of the main image above.

Notes

History note: 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

15th Century
1490 CE - 1500 CE

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Materials used in production

Pigments
Ink
Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment
Parchment Height 46 mm Width 88 mm

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting Z. 10a
Primary reference Number: 209501

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 November 2016 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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