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Illuminated fragment from a Patent of nobility
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 62 x 128 mm, six lines of fragmentary text ruled in hard point on reverse.
ORNAMENTATION: Gold initial [P, 6 ll.] on purple ground, formed of youth’s figure (shaft) and a stem extending into a winged female torso, followed by an acanthus leaf, and terminating in a profile mask head, the youth standing on a branch with a parrot perched on it, followed by three lines of text in gold capitals with delicate gold ornament on blue and red ground, [P]ORQVE VOS M[A]NDAMOS, spaces between lines filled with palmettes on yellow ground.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Late
Circa
1590
CE
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Circa
1599
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting Z. 10b
Primary reference Number: 178465
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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