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Historiated initial
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 120 x 120 mm, image within initial 84 x 60 mm. Made up of an image painted onto re-used pieces of parchment taken from the borders of a fifteenth-century manuscript and superimposed parchment sections containing the halos, the letters, and their gold backgrounds.
DECORATION: Historaited initial in pink with acanthus extensions on gold ground, images within letter on blue ground: [A] Bust of St Clare holding a monstrance.
History note: Thomas Miller Whitehead, acquired in June 1855 (ownership inscription on reverse)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, Late-19th Century
Circa
1475
CE
-
Circa
1499
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting Z. 4a
Primary reference Number: 178418
Project ID: 1429
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Historiated initial" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/178418 Accessed: 2024-04-19 14:15:45
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Accession Number: MS 199.9
Accession Number: MS 199.2
Accession Number: MS 199.4
Accession Number: MS 199.3
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