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Historiated initial from an Antiphoner
Artist: Nascimbene, Nicolò di Giacomo di
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 380 x 265 mm, initial 320 x 205 mm, three four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and the first line of a fourth stave, on the reverse three lines of fragmentary text ruled in plummet and three four-line musical staves ruled in red ink.
CONTENTS: The initial would have introduced the antiphon for first Vespers for the feast of St Thomas Aquinas, F[elix Thomas doctor ecclesie lumen mundi splendour Italie], which continues on the verso, [cande]ns virgo flore [mund]itie bina gau[det cor]ona glorie. Ps[almus. Laudate pueri].
DECORATION: Historiated initial formed of pale pink acanthus on gold ground and surrounded by two-sided borders of acanthus, foliage and gold balls: [F] St Thomas Aquinas teaching.
History note: Captain Gilpin (nineteenth-century ownership inscription on previous frame); purchased from Frank T. Sabin by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum and presented in 1915.
Method of acquisition: Given (1915) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
14th Century, second half
Circa
1370
CE
-
Circa
1380
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS 278b
Primary reference Number: 182044
Project ID: 3464
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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