These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Miniature from a Book of Hours
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 140 x 100 mm, blank on reverse.
DECORATION: Full-page miniature in arched frames and full borders with angels, flowers, acanthus and spray work with gold balls and ivy leaves: Annunciation.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, Late
Circa
1490
CE
-
Circa
1499
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting Sp. 1a
Primary reference Number: 178545
Project ID: 1424
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
Mirador deep zoom
IIIF Manifest
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Miniature from a Book of Hours" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/178545 Accessed: 2024-12-26 10:42:03
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/178545
|title=Miniature from a Book of Hours
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-26 10:42:03|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-178545
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/659/918/large_Marlay_cutting_Sp__1a_mas.jpg"
alt="Miniature from a Book of Hours"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Miniature from a Book of Hours</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
