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Rule of the Poor Clares
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, i contemporary parchment flyleaf + 21 fols., 235 x 165 mm (158 x 118 mm), two columns, 29 lines, ruled in brown ink
BINDING: fifteenth century, red leather over wooden boards, sewn on three supports, two leather straps with metal clasps on upper cover, two pins on lower cover, rust stains of other metal furniture on pastedowns and leaves at both ends
DECORATION: Full-page miniature with full floral border framed between gold bars: St Clare standing within a rocky landscape, holding a cross and a book, and sheltering members of order under her cloak (fol. 2r).
ORNAMENTATION: Blue initial [E, 3 ll.] on red ground with white foliate ornament and gold initial [I, 3 ll.] on diapered blue and red ground, both accompanied by spraywork extensions with foliage, flowers and gold balls (fol. 1v); alternate blue and red initial [2-5 ll.], and one gold initial [T, 3 ll., fol. 4r] with elaborate red or blue, and occasionally green, pen-flourished infill and extensions; text on fol. 1v written in gold and blue, with capitals in alternative colour; red and blue pen-flourished bars separating the letters of the last word, Amen (fol. 18v); capitals highlighted in yellow throughout.
History note: Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 27 July 1920, lot 456 and presented by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Method of acquisition: Given (1920) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
15th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1450
CE
-
Circa
1460
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS 305
Primary reference Number: 178875
Project ID: 3481
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Rule of the Poor Clares" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/178875 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:14:05
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