Printed Cutting
late 15th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
This is a page from a German Missal, the service book containing the text necessary for the performance of the mass. The text on the page is printed and the initial is hand-painted. The initial shows God the Father. Printing with movable type was invented by a goldsmith named Johannes Gutenberg in the Rhineland city of Mainz. The first printed book, the Gutenberg Bible, was produced about 1455. It aimed to copy the design of manuscript (hand-written) books in every respect. Scribes and illuminators were still employed to add the decoration and rubrics by hand.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Printed black and red ink on parchment with hand illumination using water-based pigments and gilding |
| Brief description | Leaf from a missal; German; 15th century. |
| Physical description | Printed leaf from a Missal with hand illumination. |
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| Object history | Purchased from J. and S. Goldschmidt as part of three portfolios (now Museum nos 234-296) designated as a 'Illuminations: a collection of 338 specimens, pages and cuttings' for the total sum of £100.0.0, received on 15 October 1872; passed on for Register in April 1874 (see Register of Drawings). A duplicate number MS.439 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This is a page from a German Missal, the service book containing the text necessary for the performance of the mass. The text on the page is printed and the initial is hand-painted. The initial shows God the Father. Printing with movable type was invented by a goldsmith named Johannes Gutenberg in the Rhineland city of Mainz. The first printed book, the Gutenberg Bible, was produced about 1455. It aimed to copy the design of manuscript (hand-written) books in every respect. Scribes and illuminators were still employed to add the decoration and rubrics by hand. |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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. 37 (as German (Bavaria), 15th century). |
| Other number | 439 - Cancelled number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 241:5 |
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| Record created | February 20, 2004 |
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