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Leaf from an Antiphoner with forged Crucifixion miniature
Artist: Spanish Forger
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 390 x 280 mm (303 x 210 mm), framed miniature 306 x 210 mm, eight lines of text ruled in faint brown ink and eight four-line musical staves ruled in red ink on reverse (original recto)
SCRIPT: Gothic bookhand (textualis)
CONTENTS: Antiphons for Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline for Sexagesima Sunday, beginning Qui verbum dei retinet, on the reverse (original recto)
DECORATION
Full-page framed miniature on burnished gold ground, with floral and foliate extensions: Crucifixion with Longinus piercing Christ’s side and the Virgin, her female companions, St John, soldiers and bystanders gathered at the base of the cross.
History note: Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912); his bequest, 1912.
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century-20th Century
1890
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1920
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composed of
parchment
Text
Miniature
Parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting Z. 16
Primary reference Number: 209502
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Leaf from an Antiphoner with forged Crucifixion miniature" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/209502 Accessed: 2024-11-02 16:36:44
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