Manuscript Cutting
early 16th century (made)
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In the 19th century the South Kensington Museum gathered examples of illumination for students to copy. This was a new kind of collection. It was unlike the encyclopedic historic collections of the British Museum or the Bodleian Library in Oxford. From the beginning, the Museum tended to buy ready-made collections. This example is from a portfolio of cuttings from an Italian choirbook. The Museum bought it from J. & W. Boone in 1866 for £15. The ornament is made up of festooned vases and acanthus leaves. Near the top is a cherub clinging to a vase.
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| Materials and techniques | Water-based pigments, gilding and ink on parchment |
| Brief description | Cut-out fragment of marginal ornament, made up of festooned vases, acanthus leaf with a cherub clinging to a vase near the top, attributed to Domenico Morone, Verona, early 16th century. A duplicate number MS.1038 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Physical description | Specimen of a manuscript |
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| Object history | Probably part of a larger group that belonged to a Franciscan convent's antiphonary. Part of a group of 11 cuttings which came to the museum in 1866 from T. & W. Boone, London. Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 4916, 4917, 4918:1, 4919, 4920, 4921:1, 4922, 4923, 4924, 4926, 4927. Cuttings from the same manuscript in other collections: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.2483; Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Berliner Kupferstichkabinett, inv. 629; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1990, lot 35. |
| Historical context | Data taken from notes compiled by Rowan Watson. The full text of the entry is as follows: '335.3 4918.1 (MS 1038) CHOIR BOOK? Cut-out fragment of marginal ornament, made up of festooned vases, acanthus leaf, with a cherub clinging to vase near the top Italy. c.1490 470 x 85 mm. From an album containing 4916-4928 boght for £15 from J. & W. Boone, 1866 Pub: 1908 cat, 91; 1923 cat, 84' |
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| Summary | In the 19th century the South Kensington Museum gathered examples of illumination for students to copy. This was a new kind of collection. It was unlike the encyclopedic historic collections of the British Museum or the Bodleian Library in Oxford. From the beginning, the Museum tended to buy ready-made collections. This example is from a portfolio of cuttings from an Italian choirbook. The Museum bought it from J. & W. Boone in 1866 for £15. The ornament is made up of festooned vases and acanthus leaves. Near the top is a cherub clinging to a vase. |
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| Accession number | 4918:1 |
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| Record created | February 25, 2004 |
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