Title:
Historiated initial from a Choir book
Maker:
; production
Collection:
Charles Brinsley Marlay
Category:
illuminated manuscript
Name(s):
cutting; sub-category
other; type of text
Date:
circa 1390 — circa 1399
Period:
late fourteenth century
Description:
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, fragmentary lines of text and fragmentary four-line music staves ruled in red on reverse , 98 x 85 mm
DECORATION: Historiated initial: [B, 2 ll.] in green acanthus on red ground with liquid gold scrolls, three saints praying to God.
Production
Place:
, Bohemia
Production
Place (legacy):
Bohemia, production, region
Technique:
illumination; whole
Material(s):
parchment; support
gold; medium
Dimension(s):
height, page, 98
width, page, 85
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1912; Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Associated
Person:
Marlay, Charles Brinsley; previous owner
Notes:
Marlay cuttings G 3a-b: Two historiated initials from a Choir book. The style of illumination points to Bohemia in the late fourteenth century.
Documentation:
Wormald, F.. Giles, P.M.. 1982. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Musuem Acquired between 1895-1979 (excluding the McClean Collection).England: Cambridge University Pressp. 101 – 102
Accession:
Object Number: Marlay cutting G. 3a
(Manuscripts and Printed Books)
(record id: 170665; input: 2010-01-27; modified: 2012-08-13)
Permanent
Identifier:
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