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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner
Artist: Nascimbene, Nicolò di Giacomo di
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 315 x 275 mm, initial 218 x 192 mm, two lines of fragmentary text ruled in plummet and three four-line musical staves ruled in red ink, pasted on cardboard.
CONTENTS: The initial would have introduced the responsory for the first lesson of Matins for the feast of St Nicholas, C[onfessor Dei Nicholaus]
DECORATION: Historiated initial formed of pale pink acanthus on gold ground and surrounded by two-sided borders of acanthus, foliage and gold balls: [C] The Charity of St Nicholas, with signature: nicholau[s] d[e] bono[n]ia fecit.
History note: Captain Gilpin (nineteenth-century ownership inscription on previous frame); purchased from Frank T. Sabin by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum and presented in 1915.
Method of acquisition: Given (1915) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
14th Century, second half
Circa
1370
CE
-
Circa
1380
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS 278a
Primary reference Number: 176366
Project ID: 3464
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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