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Leaf from a Book of Hours
Artist: Painter of Add. MS. 15677
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 139 x 98 mm, leaf from a Book of Hours: miniature 95 x 63 mm, reverse sides blank.
DECORATION: Full-page miniature in thin arched frame with full strewn-flower borders on brushed gold or pink grounds: St Barbara with book standing within enclosed garden, tower behind her, grotesques jousting in border.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1500
Support
composed of
parchment
Page
Height 139 mm
Width 98 mm
Miniature
Height 95 mm
Width 63 mm
Accession number: Marlay cutting G. 8e
Primary reference Number: 170677
Project ID: 138
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/170677 Accessed: 2024-11-02 10:22:50
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