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 Augustinian Antiphoner
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 149 x 65 mm, two four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and two fragmentary lines of text ruled in brown ink on reverse.
CONTENTS: On reverse, fragmentary text, […]am in [….]eam; the initial probably introduced the responsory for the first lesson of Matins for the Feast of St Augustine (28 Aug.), Invenit se Augustinus longe esse a deo.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in orange with foliate motifs on a dark blue ground: [I, 2 ll.] St Augustine with text of his Rule accompanied by friars (upper compartment), and an Augustinian friar with staff (lower compartment).
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
13th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1250
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS McClean 201.9g
Primary reference Number: 181391
Project ID: 1496
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 Augustinian Antiphoner" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/181391 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:36:11
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/181391
|title=Initial from an Augustinian Antiphoner
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 00:36:11|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-181391
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/727/885/large_MS_McClean_201_9g_mas.jpg"
alt="Initial from an Augustinian Antiphoner"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Initial from an Augustinian Antiphoner</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
