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Manuscript Cutting

Artist/Maker
Nerio (attributed to)
Place of origin
Italy (made)
Bologna (made)

Cutting from a choir book, with historiated initial D showing Noah, his family and animals embarking on the Ark, attributed to Nerio, Italy (Bologna), early 14th century. A duplicate number MS.879 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.

Object details

Categories
Manuscript Cutting
Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Manuscript cutting
Materials and techniques
Parchment
Ink
Pigments
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Cutting from a choir book, with historiated initial D showing Noah, his family and animals embarking on the Ark, attributed to Nerio, Italy (Bologna), early 14th century. A duplicate number MS.879 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.
Production typeUnique
Object history
Part of cuttings purchased in batches from William Henry James Weale in 1883, 95 on 9 April 1883, 258 on 17 April 1883, 20 on 20 February, for the total sum of £96.7.2 (now Museum nos 8972-9042).
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: 9024C, 9024D, 9024E, 9025A, 9025B, 9025C, 9025D, 9025E, 9025F, 9025G.
Formerly believed to have come from the same manuscript as: 9024A, 9024B (see Catalogue 1908).
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts : Part II, Miniatures, leaves, and cuttings, by S.C. Cockerell and E.F. Strange (London: HMSO, 1908, 1st edition). pp. 79-80 (as Italian, early 14th century).
  • Catalogue of Miniatures, Leaves, and Cuttings from Illuminated Manuscripts. Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, by S.C. Cockerell and C. Harcourt Smith (London: HMSO, 1923, 2nd edition). p. 73 (as Italian, early 14th century).
  • Ulrike Bauer-Eberhardt, Die Italianischen Miniaturen des 13-16 Jahrhundert, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 1984, no. 32, fig 30.
  • 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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
9025A

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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