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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner: MS McClean 201.13a

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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 165 x 85 mm, fragment (two lines) of a musical stave ruled in red ink and five fragmentary lines of text written on alternate lines ruled in brown ink on reverse.

CONTENTS: On reverse, part of the invitatory at Matins for the Common of a martyr, [Regem sempiternu]m venite [adoremus Qui martyrem suum digne promeritis] coro[navit in celis]

DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink on gold grounds: [F, 5 ll.] Group of men, some tonsured, chanting from an open book on a lectern in a chapel.

ORNAMENTATION: Fragment of blue penwork initial on reverse, with reserved ornament and red and blue pen-flourishied infill and frames.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank

Dating

15th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1450

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Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment

Techniques used in production

Penwork
Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MS McClean 201.13a
Primary reference Number: 181429
Project ID: 1502

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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