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Initial from an illuminated Choir book
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 185 x 192 mm, two musical staves ruled in brown and green ink, two lines of fragmentary text, ruled in pale brown ink.
CONTENTS: On reverse, fragmentary text [H]oc mare e and Letetur cor
DECORATION: Historiated initial in beige with white highlighting and acanthus extensions on a ground of solid gold: [M] King David with psaltery against a tessellated blue background.
ORNAMENTATION: On reverse, two ornamental initials [height of one stave] in black with floral motifs drawn in ink and coloured with pale green and pink wash, partially cropped.
History note: Thomas Miller Whitehead, 1855 (ink notes on verso)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, Mid#
Production date:
circa
AD 1450
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 59
Primary reference Number: 176618
Project ID: 1404
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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