IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 209504 accession number: Marlay cutting Fr. 16a DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 1 November 2016 updated: Monday 9 August 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: MS Marlay Cutting Fr. 16a One of two historiated initials This cutting is a historiated initial ‘S’ from a large choir book depicting Louis XII, in his coronation robe, healing sufferers of scrofula. French and English kings were thought to be able to cure this particular ailment through their Royal Touch. The practice served to further justify their rule as lawful and divinely ordained. Cuttings, that is, fragments from medieval manuscripts, were easier to sell than entire books. It therefore became common practice to cut out folios or details from pages and sell them as individual, miniature works of art. The size of this initial suggests that the parent manuscript from which it was cut was on a very large, imposing scale. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 168 x 183 mm, reverse obscured by paper mount, with letter forms and red four-line musical staves partially visible. DECORATION: Historiated initials in blue, ornamented in white, on gold ground with blue, orange and green scrolling vine motifs in the four corners: S, Louis XII, dressed in his coronation robe, accompanied by a bishop and cardinal, extends his healing touch to people suffering from scrofula. title: cutting (manuscript) NOTES ----- type: history note value: commissioned by King Louis XII of France (1498-1515) and his consort, Anne of Brittany (1477-1514); Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912); his bequest, 1912. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books collection: Charles Brinsley Marlay creditline: Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/209504 PEOPLE ------------------- Marlay, Charles Brinsley TECHNIQUES ---------- illuminated manuscript CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript category: manuscript DATING ------ creation date: 1500 - 1500 creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1500 culture: 16th Century EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Colour: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts title: The Human Touch: Making Art, Leaving Traces CITATIONS -------- Colour: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts The Royal Touch: Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France Gilding the Lilly Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada Enluminures, Vélins, Dessins du XIIe au XVIIe siècle/ Illuminations, Gouaches, Drawings from the 12th to the 17th centuries, I Les Enlumiures, Enluminures, Vélins, Dessins du XIIe au XIXe siècle/ Illuminations, Gouaches, Drawings from the 12th to the 19th centuries, III Vie de la reine Anne de Brétagne, femme des rois de France, Charles VIII et Louis XII: Suivie de lettres inédites et de documents originaux A descriptive catalogue of the additional illuminated manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum Jean Pichore: Buchmaler, Graphiker und Verleger in Paris um 1500 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb17/Marlay_20cutting_20Fr_16a_201106_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 926 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb17/mid_Marlay_20cutting_20Fr_16a_201106_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 452 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb17/Marlay_20cutting_20Fr_16a_201106_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 926 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb17/preview_Marlay_20cutting_20Fr_16a_201106_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 226 pixels width: 250 pixels