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.
Initial from an Antiphoner
Artist: Nerio
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 102 x 94 mm, two four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and two lines of fragmentary text.
CONTENTS: on reverse, antiphon for Second Vespers for the feast of St Andrew, [Cum pervenisset beatus Andreas ad locum ubi crux parata erat, exclamavit et dixit: O bona crux, diu desiderata et iam concupiscenti animo praeparata] securus et [gaudens venio ad te, ita] et tu exul[tans]; the initial L would have introduced the responsory to the first lesson at Matins for the feast of St Lucy, Lucia virgo quid a me petis.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink, grey and beige, which extends into medallions with pseudo-cufic script: [L] Martyrdom of St Lucy.
History note: ‘No 10’ written in pencil on verso
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
14th Century, Early#
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1325
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 80b
Primary reference Number: 181232
Project ID: 1420
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) "Initial from an Antiphoner" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/181232 Accessed: 2024-12-22 06:20:15
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/181232
|title=Initial from an Antiphoner
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 06:20:15|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-181232
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/659/979/large_Marlay_cutting_It__80b_mas.jpg"
alt="Initial from an Antiphoner"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Initial from an Antiphoner</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
