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Historiated initial C

Manuscript Cutting
before 1445 (made), (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Historiated initial C showing a tonsured black-robed monk, with hands joined in prayer.
Other side not visible. Mounted onto card.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHistoriated initial C
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Historiated initial C showing a monk, from a choirbook, attributed to Cristoforo Cortese, Venice, before c. 1445.
Physical description
Historiated initial C showing a tonsured black-robed monk, with hands joined in prayer.
Other side not visible. Mounted onto card.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.5in
  • Width: 4.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Credit line
Given by Captain John Ball
Object history
Presented by Captain John Ball to the museum in 1925, together with a few other manuscript cuttings and prints (now E.1112-1925 to E.1136-1925).
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: E.1112-1925, E.1113-1925, E.1114-1925 and E.1115-1925.
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Dalla Bibbia di Corradino a Jacopo della Quercia. Sculture miniature italiane del Medioevo e del Rinascimento, exhibition catalogue ed. by A. Bacchi, Milan, Galleria Nella Longari, 1997, pp. 128-129, cat. no. 50 by M. Bollati, p. 128.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.1115-1925

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Record createdMay 25, 2007
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