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Miniature from a Psalter: Marlay cutting Fr. 1A.2

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Current Location: Gallery 32 (Rothschild)

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Miniature from a Psalter

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, fragment 149 x 93 mm, miniature 133 x 80 mm, blank on reverse

DECORATION: Full-page miniature on burnished gold ground with blue and pink frame with gold corner pieces: Presentation in the Temple with the infant Christ standing on an altar, supported by the Virgin Mary and Joseph, with male attendant holding customary offering of two birds.

Notes

History note: Pierre-Henri Gélis Didot (1853-1902); his sale, Paris, 12-13 April 1897, lot 41; Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912); his bequest, 1912.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Place(s) associated

  • Paris ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

13th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1250

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Pigments
Ink
Gold

Components of the work

Miniature Height 133 mm Width 80 mm
Parchment Height 149 mm Width 93 mm

Techniques used in production

Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting Fr. 1A.2
Primary reference Number: 209262
Project ID: 5274
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Audit data

Created: Friday 15 July 2016 Updated: Monday 5 February 2024 Last processed: Monday 5 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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