IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 179007 accession number: MS 355.8b.1-355.8af DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 3 September 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, pasted on cardboard MS 355.8b.1 55 x 15 mm MS 355.8c 105 x 20 mm MS 355.8g.1 28 x 31 mm MS 355.8g.2 diameter 22 mm MS 355.8i 26 x 32 mm MS 355.8j 60 x 20 mm MS 355.8k 115 x 60 mm, initial 55 x 45 mm MS 355.8l 220 x 20 mm MS 355.8m.1 80 x 75 mm MS 355.8m.2 45 x 10 mm MS 355.8n.1 20 x 100 mm MS 355.8n.2 25 x 75 mm MS 355.8o 85 x 95 mm MS 355.8p 135 x 20 mm MS 355.8r 100 x 68 mm, initial 60 x 60 mm MS 355.8s.2 48 x 35 mm MS 355.8w.1 18 x 35 mm MS 355.8w.2 32 x 25 mm MS 355.8w.3 12 x 20 mm MS 355.8x 75 x 20 mm MS 355.8y.1 15 x 12 mm MS 355.8y.2 diameter 21 mm MS 355.8y.3 16 x 14 mm MS 355.8y.4 16 x 12 mm MS 355.8z.1 61 x 25 mm MS 355.8z.2 25 x 20 mm MS 355.8aa.1 50 x 15 mm MS 355.8aa.2 50 x 15 mm MS 355.8ab.1 55 x 50 mm MS 355.8ab.2 32 x 20 mm MS 355.8ad 55 x 30 mm MS 355.8ae diameter 22 mm MS 355.8af diameter 22 mm DECORATION: Three historiated initials in faded pink with acanthus extensions on gold grounds: MS 355.8i [probably D] Bust of a saint or a prophet holding book; MS 355.8k [probably A] Dormition of the Virgin; MS 355.8r [probably C] Ascension. Figures from miniatures or borders: MS 355.8j Standing saint; MS 355.8w.2 Group of lay people kneeling in prayer; MS 355.8z.1 Group of lay people kneeling in prayer; MS 355.8ab.2 Angel collecting blood in chalice (part of a Crucifixion); MS 355.8ad Standing saint. Border medallions or the insides of initials showing a monochrome human face, a moon face or a mask: MSS 355.8g.2, 355.8y.2, MS 355.8ae, MS 355.8af. ORNAMENTATION: Faded pink initial with acanthus infill on gold ground: MS 355.8g.1 [probably E]. Border fragments with acanthus and zoomorphic motifs: MSS 355.8b.1, 355.8c, 355.8l, 355.8m.1-2, 355.8n.1-2, 355.8o, 355.8p, 355.8s.2, 355.8w.1, 355.8w.3, 355.8x, 355.8y.1, 355.8y.3, 355.8y.4, 355.8z.2, 355.8aa.1-2. title: fragment (manuscript) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/179007 PEOPLE ------------------- Henderson, James Stewart TECHNIQUES ---------- illumination CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript category: manuscript DATING ------ creation date: 1350 - 1350 creation date earliest: 1350 creation date latest: 1350 culture: 14th Century, Mid CITATIONS -------- A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part Two. Vols. 1-2: Italy and the Iberian Peninsula A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Musuem Acquired between 1895-1979 (excluding the McClean Collection) ---