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Leaf from a Doge’s Commission: Marlay cutting It. 46

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Leaf from a Doge’s Commission

Maker(s)

Artist: Master To. Ve.

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 216 x 149, no text on verso.

DECORATION: Full-page miniature with kneeling man in profile praying to the resurrected Christ against a backdrop of mountains, lake and pasture, with full border of gold sprays on brown ground, with medallion housing image of God the Father in the upper margin and a cartouche in the lower margin with text ANNO AETATIS OCTUAGESIMO TERTIO.

Notes

History note: Notes in pencil, No 2 and Paris Bordoni, on verso

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1550

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

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 46
Primary reference Number: 176607
Project ID: 1391
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024 Last processed: Thursday 14 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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