Decorated initial from choirbook
Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1500 (made)
ca. 1500 (made)
| Place of origin |
Initial from a Choirbook; Spanish; ca 1500. A duplicate number MS.1249 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Decorated initial from choirbook |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Initial from a Choirbook; Spanish; ca 1500. A duplicate number MS.1249 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Purchased on 18 February 1885 from E. Parsons as part of a group of 131 ‘illuminations’ from the same manuscript. A first batch of 73 was paid the total sum of £1.16.0 (now Museum nos D.151 to 223-1885) and a second batch of 58 was purchased for the same price (now Museum nos D.224 to 281-1885). Information from the Register of Drawings. |
| 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. 92. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.155-1885 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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