Skip to main content

Initial from a set of choir books

Image attached to Marlay cutting It. 1

An image of

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

About this image

Image data

  • Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Initial from a set of choir books. Gherardino da Forlì, Giustino di, artist (Italian). Production Place: Italy, Venice. Parchment, 189 x 165mm, three musical staves ruled in red ink, three fragmentary lines of text, ruled in plummet, circa 1360 to circa 1370. CONTENT: On reverse, fragmentary text, magnificen[tia] in sanctificatio[ne] eius (Ps. 95:6); the initial would have introduced the Introit for the Mass for the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, Gaudeamus omnes. DECORATION: Historiated initial in graded pink or grey with acanthus ornament on gold ground:[G] Dormition of the Virgin.
  • Copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Image height: 1257 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Filesize: 252.78kB

Colours in this image

rgb(236,230,216), rgb(134,131,117), rgb(54,67,73), rgb(149,60,42), rgb(145,108,46), rgb(232,220,168), rgb(210,185,139), rgb(174,178,175), rgb(187,174,138), rgb(58,173,192), rgb(62,145,187)

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-2683411477 Accessed: 2024-03-28 15:24:46

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-2683411477 |title= |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-28 15:24:46|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-3780181266

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/656/222/large_Marlay_cutting_It__1_mas.jpg"
        alt="Initial from a set of choir books"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info"></figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...