Frontispiece of a Psalter made for Pope Sixtus IV
Manuscript Cutting
1481 (made)
1481 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Leaf with a miniature showing St Jerome in the wilderness, at the mouth of a cave kneeling before a crucifix, with a lion, book and cardinal's hat; border of white vine (bianchi girari) with portrait of Sixtus IV in profile within in a wreath in the lower border. Green parakeets and cherubs.
Recto blank.
Recto blank.
Object details
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| Title | Frontispiece of a Psalter made for Pope Sixtus IV |
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| Brief description | Frontispiece of a Psalter made for Pope Sixtus IV, with a miniature of saint Jerome in the wilderness by Joachinus de Gigantibus, Italy (Naples), 1481. A duplicate number MS.1028 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Physical description | Leaf with a miniature showing St Jerome in the wilderness, at the mouth of a cave kneeling before a crucifix, with a lion, book and cardinal's hat; border of white vine (bianchi girari) with portrait of Sixtus IV in profile within in a wreath in the lower border. Green parakeets and cherubs. Recto blank. |
| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | From a manuscript made for Pope Sixtus IV in 1481, signed and dated by Joachinus de Gigantibus who designates himself as its scribe and illuminator. The volume of 30 leaves in its original binding formerly belonged to Major J.R. Abbey and Sir Sydney Cockerell and is now in Rome at the Biblioteca nazionale centrale Vittorio Emmanuele II, Vitt.Em.1430 Purchased from Otto Mündler in Paris on 22 July 1863 for the price of £4.0.0. Transferred from the Art Museum on 6 April 1868, described as 'in a small wooden frame'. |
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| Other number | 1028 - Cancelled number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 5721 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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