Officium B. Marie Virginis
Gilded brass with supplied silver ornamentation.
The Book of Hours was printed in Venice in 1647. The binding is entirely metal, with the sides hinged to the spine and clasps to keep it closed. The front and back are decorated in identical fashion, there is a raised outer frame and an inner raised from three eighths apart, between them are supplied silver ornaments. There is a rosette in each corner with a winged cherub's head in the centre top and bottom, and down the sides a garland. Within the inner frame is the applied silver figure of the Virgin and Child standing on the Crescent Moon (in relief). The spine is divided into four squares by raised frames of silver beading, with an applied silver rosette in each.
C. B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 2.9 in
Thickness: 0.6 in
Width: 2.3 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Beading (metal decorating)
Gilding
Accession number: MAR.M.282-1912
Primary reference Number: 201724
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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