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Fairy's Song
Calligrapher: Pilsbury, Joan
Black Chinese stick ink, burnished leaf gold on gesso, shell gold and gouache on calfskin manuscript vellum sewn into stiff paper cover
Given by Joan Pilsbury
Width: 125 mm
Width: 140 mm
Method of acquisition: Given by Pilsbury, Joan
Production date: AD 1988
Support
composed of
paper
( stiff paper cover)
vellum (skin)
Page
Height 256 mm
Book Size
Height 287 mm
Cover
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 41-2007
Primary reference Number: 167350
Old object number: Calligraphy/Pilsbury/1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Fairy's Song" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/167350 Accessed: 2024-12-18 17:56:44
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|title=Fairy's Song
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 17:56:44|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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