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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner or Gradual
Artist: Libri, Girolamo dai
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 200 x 211 mm , reverse side obscured by paper mounts, traces of musical staves ruled in red ink and fragmentary text with ruling in brown ink on recto.
CONTENTS: The initial probably introduced the text Viri Galilei, quid admiramini aspicientes in caelum? (Acts 1: 11), either the introit for the Feast of the Ascension, or the first antiphon at Lauds for the same feast.
DECORATION: Historiated initial formed of complex foliate motifs with masks on a ground of solid gold: [V] Ascension.
History note: Possibly from the collection of Pierre-Henri Gélis-Didot (1853-1902); not yet identified in the multi-part lots in his sale, Paris 12-13 April 1897
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, Late
Production date:
circa
AD 1490
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 65
Primary reference Number: 176619
Project ID: 1410
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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