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Manuscript Cutting

1320s (made)
Place of origin

Recto: decorated initial A for 'Absolve quesumus domine animam famule tue'.
Initial I with part-human grotesque for 'In paradisum deducant...'.
Part of the Requiem mass.


Object details

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Materials and techniques
Brief description
Leaf from a Missal with decorated initials, Perugia, 1320s.
Physical description
Recto: decorated initial A for 'Absolve quesumus domine animam famule tue'.
Initial I with part-human grotesque for 'In paradisum deducant...'.
Part of the Requiem mass.
Dimensions
  • Height: 244.48mm (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.157-1911

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Record createdMay 10, 2016
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