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Leaf from a Book of Hours
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 114 x 100 mm, text block on reverse 95 x 65 mm, 12 long lines, ruled in faint brown ink.
CONTENTS: recto – verso: Hours of the Cross, end of Compline, Patris sapientia veritas divina…solatium: mortis in agone. Amen
DECORATION: Large framed miniature with full acanthus and strewn-flower borders: Lamentation.
ORNAMENTATION: Alternate blue and red penwork initials [1 – 2 ll.]
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1503
: probably after 1503
Support
composed of
parchment
Page
Height 114 mm
Width 100 mm
Text
Height 95 mm
Width 65 mm
Accession number: Marlay cutting Fl. 5b
Primary reference Number: 170650
Project ID: 129
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Leaf from a Book of Hours" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/170650 Accessed: 2024-11-02 14:41:53
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