Manuscript Cutting
1400-1499 (made)
| Place of origin |
Leaf (cutting) from a French Book of Hours, 15th century. Double-sided. Gothic script. Written in black and red ink on parchment. Colour pigments, gold and ink. 15 lines of text. Verso: Three decorated initials (gold on a blue and red ground with white highlights with branches of red and blue leaves growing from the top and bottom edges) and one blue and gold 'bouts-de-lignes' (decorative elements used to complete lines of text). Recto: Two decorated initials.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Ink, colour pigment and gold on parchment |
| Brief description | Illuminated manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours, probably French, ca. 1400s |
| Physical description | Leaf (cutting) from a French Book of Hours, 15th century. Double-sided. Gothic script. Written in black and red ink on parchment. Colour pigments, gold and ink. 15 lines of text. Verso: Three decorated initials (gold on a blue and red ground with white highlights with branches of red and blue leaves growing from the top and bottom edges) and one blue and gold 'bouts-de-lignes' (decorative elements used to complete lines of text). Recto: Two decorated initials. |
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| Object history | Purchased from James Tregaskis, London, together with other cuttings (now CIRC.517 to 529-1923); received on 10 May 1923 (Information from Departmental Circulation Register 1923). |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1923 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.517-1923 |
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| Record created | April 17, 2013 |
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