Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1500 (made)
Leaf with full-page miniature showing St Mary Magdalene; Netherlands; ca 1500. A duplicate number MS.150 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.
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| Brief description | Leaf with full-page miniature showing St Mary Magdalene; Netherlands; ca 1500. A duplicate number MS.150 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Production type | Unique |
| 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). |
| Historical context | Data taken from notes compiled by Rowan Watson. The full text of the entry is as follows: '9021 B (MS 150) BOOK OF HOURS Leaf, with full-page miniature (St. Mary Madeleine with extravagant hat seated in a landscape); border of realistic flower sprays and insects on brushed gold ground, in "Ghent-Bruges" style [Singleton - no text] Netherlands. c. 1500 85 x 60 mm; miniature 60 x 35 mm Bought from Weale, 1883, 2s 6d Pub: 1908 cat, 21' |
| Bibliographic reference | 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. |
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| Accession number | 9021B |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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