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Bifolium from a Missal

Manuscript Cutting
1320s (made)
Place of origin

Bifolium with historiated initial N showing a priest giving the absolution to a deceased man. Grotesque in the border.
Incipit: Non intres in iudicium cum servo tuo...
Prayer of absolution of the dead.
11 lines on 1 column


Object details

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Object type
TitleBifolium from a Missal
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Bifolium from a Missal with historiated initial N showing a priest giving the absolution to a deceased man, Perugia, 1320s.
Physical description
Bifolium with historiated initial N showing a priest giving the absolution to a deceased man. Grotesque in the border.
Incipit: Non intres in iudicium cum servo tuo...
Prayer of absolution of the dead.
11 lines on 1 column
Dimensions
  • Height: 244.475mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1911)
  • Width: 165.1mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1911)
Production typeUnique
Object history
Purchased from Carl Ewald Rappaport in Rome in 1911.
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos E.377-1911, E.378-1911, CIRC.156.1911, CIRC.157-1911.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1911
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.156-1911

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Record createdApril 25, 2016
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