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Initial from a Gradual
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 212 x 63 mm, two musical staves ruled in red, two lines of fragmentary text, ruled in plummet.
CONTENTS: On reverse, fragmentary text […]rum …[…]s in … […]e cu[…]; the initial may have introduced the Introit for Monday within the Octave of Easter, Introduxit vos Dominus in terram fluentem.
DECORATION: Historiated initial of painted foliate motifs on a ground of solid gold with quatrefoil roundel at mid-point of stave: [I] Face of Christ.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
14th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1350
CE
-
Circa
1375
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS McClean 201.9l
Primary reference Number: 181394
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Initial from a Gradual" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/181394 Accessed: 2024-12-23 09:20:40
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