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Annunciation: Marlay cutting It. 27

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Current Location: In storage

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Annunciation

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 130 x 78 mm

CONTENTS: On reverse, four lines of fragmentary text rendered illegible by the cardboard to which the cutting was formerly pasted.

DECORATION: Annunciation, showing the Virgin before a lectern with an open book, the Archangel Gabriel kneeling in a jewelled cape, and a host of angels with the Christ Child following the dove of the Holy Spirit.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

15th Century, third quarter
Circa 1450 CE - Circa 1475 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment

Materials used in production

Gold

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 27
Primary reference Number: 176601
Project ID: 1377

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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