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Miniature with saints
Artist: Master of the Lübeck Bible and associates
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 232 x 122 mm, reverse side blank.
DECORATION: Full-page miniature of saints with the Spanish forms of their names inscribed in the upper and lower margins: Four female penitent saints within landscapes framed by branches that extend from the strewn-flower border: St Mary Magdalene inscribed S. MARIA MADALENA with ointment jar, St Mary of Egypt inscribed S. MARIA EGICIACA with three loaves, St Theodora of Alexandria inscribed S. THEODORA, St Thais of Egypt inscribed S. TAIS with fire in which she burnt her jewels behind her.
History note: Probably part of the collections of Abatte Luigi Celotti (c.1768 – c.1846) and/or Samuel Rogers (1763 – 1855); cuttings from unidentified English sale catalogue with lot numbers 39 – 42 pasted on old mounts; Thomas Miller Whitehead (his initials and comments on old mounts); Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831 – 1912); his bequest, 1912.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912)
16th Century, Early#
Circa
1500
CE
-
Circa
1510
CE
Support
composed of
parchment
Page
Height 232 mm
Width 122 mm
Accession number: Marlay cutting Sp. 4
Primary reference Number: 170680
Project ID: 141
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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