Bifolium from a Missal
Manuscript Cutting
2nd quarter 14th century (made)
2nd quarter 14th century (made)
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Bifolium, with a 9-line historiated initial P showing a priest and two acolytes, tonsured and in black cloaks, giving a dying man the extreme unction while his wife looks on; beneath, a bearded grotesque with skull-cap; 2-line initial D
(1) Incipit: Proficiscere anima christiana de hoc mundo (2) Oratio Deus misericors, Deus clemens.
11 lines, on 1 column.
(1) Incipit: Proficiscere anima christiana de hoc mundo (2) Oratio Deus misericors, Deus clemens.
11 lines, on 1 column.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bifolium from a Missal |
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| Brief description | Bifolium from a Missal, with historiated initial P showing a priest giving the Last Sacraments, Perugia, 2nd quarter of the 14th century. |
| Physical description | Bifolium, with a 9-line historiated initial P showing a priest and two acolytes, tonsured and in black cloaks, giving a dying man the extreme unction while his wife looks on; beneath, a bearded grotesque with skull-cap; 2-line initial D (1) Incipit: Proficiscere anima christiana de hoc mundo (2) Oratio Deus misericors, Deus clemens. 11 lines, on 1 column. |
| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Part of a group of cuttings which were bought for £38.9.0 from Carl Ewald Rappaport (his stamp) in Rome in 1911, entered in the register on 22 March 1911 (now E.371-378-1911). Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos E.377-1911, E.378-1911, CIRC.156.1911, CIRC.157-1911. |
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| Accession number | E.377-1911 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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