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Manuscript Cutting

early 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Domenico Morone (attributed to)
Place of origin
Verona (made)
Italy (made)

Historiated initial with cherubs, attributed to Domenico Morone, Verona, early 16th century. A duplicate number MS.1035 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.

Object details

Categories
Manuscript Cutting
Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Manuscript cutting
Materials and techniques
Parchment
Ink
Pigments
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Historiated initial with cherubs, attributed to Domenico Morone, Verona, early 16th century. A duplicate number MS.1035 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.
Production typeUnique
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:

'335.20
4924 (MS 1035)
CHOIR BOOK
Cut-out historiated initial G (two cherubs blowing horns, letter shape made of two cornucopiae, on gold ground)

Italy. c. 1490
msd; 185 x 150 mm.

From an album containing 4916-4928 bought for £15 from J & W Boone, 1866
1908 cat, 90; 1923 cat, 83'
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts : Part II, Miniatures, leaves, and cuttings, by S.C. Cockerell and E.F. Strange (London: HMSO, 1908, 1st edition). p. 90.
  • 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. 83
  • Watson, Rowan. Vandals and Enthusiasts: Views of Illumination in the Nineteenth Century, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1995 no.79
  • Bollati, M. (ed).Dizionario biografico dei miniatori italiani secoli IX-XVI. Preface by Miklós Boskovits. Milan, 2004. pp. 807-810 (Hans-Joachim Eberhardt).
  • Marinelli, Sergio and Marini, Paola, eds., Mantegna e le arti a Verona, 1450-1500, Venezia : Marsilio, 2006 no. 78.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
4924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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