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Historiated initial from a Gradual
Artist: Rapicano, Nardo
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 168 x 167 mm, two musical staves ruled in red, two lines of fragmentary text, ruled in brown ink.
CONTENTS: On reverse, part of the introit for the Mass for the fourth Sunday after Easter, [Cantate Domino canticum novum, alleluia: quia mirabilia fecit Dominu]s, alleluia [ante cons]pectum gentium [revelavit justiciam suam, alleluia]; the initial C would have introduced the Introit.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in blue and gold with scrolling foliate extensions on a square ground of solid gold, framed in green laurel: [C] King David kneeling, playing on a psaltery.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, Late#
Circa
1480
CE
-
Circa
1490
CE
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 61
Primary reference Number: 181229
Project ID: 1406
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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