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Miniature from a Psalter
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, fragment 146 x 92 mm, miniature 133 x 80 mm, blank on reverse
DECORATION: Full-page miniature on burnished gold ground with blue and pink frame with gold squares in the corners: Crucifixion with Christ suspended on green cross, alluding to Tree of Life, flanked by the Virgin Mary and St John with sun and moon above.
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.
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
13th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1250
Miniature
Height 133 mm
Width 80 mm
Parchment
Height 146 mm
Width 92 mm
Accession number: Marlay cutting Fr. 1A.5
Primary reference Number: 209265
Project ID: 5274
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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