Manuscript Cutting
mid 15th century (made)
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Manuscript leaf with decorated initial E, with conventional floral ornament on gold ground. In margin are scrolls of conventional foliage with natural flowers, and below is a bank of forget-me-nots and a columbine.
Object details
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| Brief description | Manuscript leaf with decorated initial E and border, Germany, mid 15th century. A duplicate number MS.156 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Physical description | Manuscript leaf with decorated initial E, with conventional floral ornament on gold ground. In margin are scrolls of conventional foliage with natural flowers, and below is a bank of forget-me-nots and a columbine. |
| Object history | Purchased from J. and S. Goldschmidt as part of three portfolios (now Museum nos 234-296) designated as a 'Illuminations: a collection of 338 specimens, pages and cuttings' for the total sum of £100.0.0, received on 15 October 1872; passed on for Register in April 1874 (see Register of Drawings). Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 265:1-2, 266:2, 276:1, 279:6. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of the circulating collection of illuminated manuscript leaves and cuttings selected from the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, intro. by E.F. Strange, London: HMSO, 1908. |
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| Accession number | 265:2 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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