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Cutting from St Gregory’s Moralia in Job

Manuscript Cutting
late 12th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Saint Gregory the Great (author)
Place of origin
Mosan (made)
Rhineland (made)

End of Book XXX and beginning of Book XXXI of St Gregory's Moralia in Job
Initial I with foliated decoration and dragon, in green ochre and red on a blue ground.
Other side not visible.
This initial was in the lower part of one of the columns of a manuscript written on two columns.

Object details

Categories
Manuscripts
Manuscript Cutting
Medieval and Renaissance
Christianity
Religion
Object type
Manuscript cutting
TitleCutting from St Gregory’s Moralia in Job
Materials and techniques
Parchment
Pigments
Ink
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Cutting with initial I from St Gregory’s Moralia in Job, Mosan or Rhenish, late 12th century. A duplicate number MS.88 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.
Physical description
End of Book XXX and beginning of Book XXXI of St Gregory's Moralia in Job
Initial I with foliated decoration and dragon, in green ochre and red on a blue ground.
Other side not visible.
This initial was in the lower part of one of the columns of a manuscript written on two columns.
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).
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • 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. p. 17 (nos 88-90; as Flemish, late 12th 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. 15 (as Flemish, late 12th century, but 8984C missing).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
8984C

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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