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Manuscript
Morone, Domenico, born 1437 - died 1522 - Enlarge image
Manuscript
- Place of origin:
Italy (illuminated)
- Date:
ca. 1480 (illuminated)
- Artist/Maker:
Morone, Domenico, born 1437 - died 1522 (illuminator)
- Materials and Techniques:
Water-based pigments, gilding and ink on parchment
- Museum number:
4918:1
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case I, shelf 30, box C
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.
