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Initial from a Choirbook
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 257 x 133 mm, three musical staves ruled in red ink and three lines of fragmentary words on reverse.
CONTENTS: Fragmentary words on reverse, […]mi ….t et ….at sem[…]; the initial may have introduced the Introit for the Tuesday after the Octave of Easter, Introduxit vos Dominus in terram fluentem.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in orange and pink, with gold balls and acanthus extensions on blue ground: [I, 3 ll.] Christ.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
14th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1300
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS McClean 201.9n
Primary reference Number: 178363
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Initial from a Choirbook" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/178363 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:17:39
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