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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 205 x 137 mm, three fragmentary four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and three lines of fragmentary text on reverse.
CONTENTS: Although the initial is fragmentary, the curve of the left shaft and the cross-bar suggest that it was probably an A introducing the responsory to the first lesson at Matins for Easter Sunday, Angelus domini descendit. This is supported by the fragmentary text on the reverse, alleluia allel[uya]…Quis est iste…citamur.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pale pink with acanthus on burnished gold ground: [probably A, 3 ll.] The Three Women approaching the Angel sitting on the Tomb.
History note: At the Museum by 1895
Method of acquisition: Bought (1891)
14th Century, second quarter
Circa
1325
CE
-
Circa
1350
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS 195
Primary reference Number: 178894
Project ID: 419
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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