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Historiated initial from a Choir Psalter: MS McClean 201.13f

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Current Location: In storage

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Historiated initial from a Choir Psalter

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 133 x 132 mm, five lines ruled in faint brown ink on reverse.

CONTENTS: On reverse, part of Ps 15:5-6, [Dominus pars h]ereditatis mee [et calicis mei] tu es qui re[stitues heredi]tatem meam mihi [funes ceci]derunt mihi in p[reclaris etenim hereditas mea preclara est mihi]; the initial probably introduced Ps 15, Conserva me Domine.

DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink on gold ground: [C, 5 ll.] Nativity.

Place(s) associated

  • Cremona ⪼ Lombardy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

15th Century, third quarter#
Circa 1450 CE - Circa 1460 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MS McClean 201.13f
Primary reference Number: 181434
Project ID: 1502
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 3 September 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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