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Leaf from Hours
Artist: Master of Martainville 183
One of twelve leaves from Hours
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: parchment 170 x 110 mm (120 x 60 mm), 34 long lines ruled in faint red ink on reverse
SCRIPT: Gothic bookhand (textualis)
CONTENTS:
Vespers and Compline of the Hours of the Holy Cross with the first seven lines of the Hours of the Holy Spirit on reverse
DECORATION:
Large miniature, framed by marble pillars, with the opening words of the liturgical office inscribed beneath on white trompe-l’oeil scrolls: (verso) Hours of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost. Small miniature outlined in thin bands of purple and gold: (recto) Hours of the Cross, Deposition and Entombment
ORNAMENTATION
Gold and silver initials on red and maroon grounds; gold and silver line-fillers on red and maroon grounds; one-sided borders in the outer margins, predominantly in gold and silver on red and silver grounds incorporating wild men, floral sprays and acanthus on text pages; rubrics in blue; capitals highlighted in yellow
History note: Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912); his bequest, 1912
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century
1500
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1520
Support
composed of
parchment
Text
Height 120 mm
Width 60 mm
Page
Height 170 mm
Width 110 mm
Accession number: Marlay cutting Fr. 13d
Primary reference Number: 209496
Project ID: 1356
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Leaf from Hours" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/209496 Accessed: 2024-11-02 16:23:22
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