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Cutting from a choir book: Marlay cutting It. 62

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Titles

Cutting from a choir book

Maker(s)

Artist: Cortese, Cristoforo

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 150 x 130 mm, pasted on modern parchment.

DECORATION: Historiated initial formed of foliate and zoomorphic motifs: [S] Death of a female saint, surrounded by four female mourners, two of them Dominican nuns.

Place(s) associated

  • Venice

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

15th Century, Early#
Circa 1400 CE - Circa 1410 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 62
Primary reference Number: 176553
Project ID: 1407
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 19 June 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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