Acts and Epistles: MS McClean 25

Current Location: In storage

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Acts and Epistles

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, ii paper flyleaves + 78 fols. + ii paper flyleaves, 244 x 167 (170 x 101) mm, 22 long lines, ruled in crayon, running headers from fol. 54v onwards.

BINDING: eighteenth century, blind-stamped calf over pasteboards.

CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 52r Acts, with prologues; fols. 52v – 78r Seven Epistles, with prologues.

ORNAMENTATION: Red, blue or green initials [5 – 12 ll.] with foliate or zoomorphic infill often on green, blue, red and yellow grounds; alternate red and green initials [1 – 2 ll.].

Notes

History note: Henry White (bookplate inside upper cover); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 21 April 1902, lot 2133 (cutting from sale catalogue pasted to first flyleaf at front); Frank McClean (1837 – 1904); his bequest, 1904.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank

Dating

11th Century, second half
Circa 1050 CE - Circa 1099 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

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Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment

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Inscription or legends present

Text: apparens eis
Type: Secundo folio

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MS McClean 25
Primary reference Number: 170697
Project ID: 806
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 September 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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