Historiated initial from a choirbook
Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1350 (made)
ca. 1350 (made)
| Place of origin |
Cut-out historiated initial D with female saint holding a martyr's palm and a book.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Historiated initial from a choirbook |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Cut-out historiated initial D from a Choirbook (female Saint bearing a palm and a book); Netherlands; ca 1350. A duplicate number MS.48 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Physical description | Cut-out historiated initial D with female saint holding a martyr's palm and a book. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Purchased from Kruchen in Bonn in 1858, together with 11 other initials from the same manuscript (now Museum nos 4011-4022). Recorded in the Register of Drawings as 'Italian, 14th century'. Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022. |
| Associated objects | |
| 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. 13 (as Netherlandish, 14th century). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4015 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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