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Miniature from a Psalter
Artist: Brailes, William de
One of six miniatures from a Psalter.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: trimmed miniature including corner medallions 203 x 135 mm (frame excluding medallions 178 x 111 mm) inlaid in a modern parchment leaf 357 x 284 mm
SCRIPT: Gothic bookhand (textualis)
Full-page miniature on gold ground ornamented with punched dots, with inner frame of blue and red triangular and foliate ornament, highlighted in white, and outer frame of gold outlined in black: Fall of the Rebel Angels, with good angels expelling rebellious ones who plunge into Mouth of Hell (below), and Christ enthroned at centre, holding open book, inscribed Alpha and Omega, surrounded by tiers of angels (above). Subsidiary scenes in five medallions and an arched compartment incorporated into the frame show personifications of the Virtues and Vices holding scrolls with inscriptions, three at the top: Charity (CARITAS), Humility (HUMILITAS) and Patience (PACIENCIA), and three at the bottom: Avarice (AVARICIA), with sack of gold around her neck, Pride (SUPERBIA RADIX) and Anger (IRA).
History note: Joseph-Baptiste Barrois (1784-1855); Bertram, fourth earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878); Bertram, fifth earl of Ashburnham (1840-1913); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 10-14 June 1901, Barrois collection, lot 404; purchased by Quaritch; George C. Thomas of Philadelphia; Dr A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876-1952); purchased from him by Sydney Cockerell in 1920 for Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 7 June 1932, lot 11; withdrawn before the sale at Sydney Cockerell’s initiative and purchased for the Museum by the National Art Collections Fund in 1932
Bought from Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, using the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1932) by Beatty, Chester
13th Century
1230
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1250
Support
composed of
parchment
Frame
Height 178 mm
Width 111 mm
Leaf
Height 357 mm
Width 284 mm
Accession number: MS 330.i
Primary reference Number: 209485
Project ID: 3491
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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