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Historiated initial from a Choir Psalter
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.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
15th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1450
CE
-
Circa
1460
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS McClean 201.13f
Primary reference Number: 181434
Project ID: 1502
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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