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Cutting from an antiphonary

Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1260 (made)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Christmas Day office. With historiated Initial H in pink and blue with foliated scrolls and the Nativity. Above the letter, St. Joseph on the right and an angel on the left.


Object details

Categories
Manuscript Cutting
Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Manuscript cutting
TitleCutting from an antiphonary
Materials and techniques
Parchment
Ink
Pigments
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Half page from an antiphonary, with historiated initial showing the Nativity, Germany, ca. 1260. A duplicate number MS.457 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.
Physical description
Christmas Day office. With historiated Initial H in pink and blue with foliated scrolls and the Nativity. Above the letter, St. Joseph on the right and an angel on the left.
Dimensions
  • Height: mm
  • Width: mm
Production typeUnique
Object history
Part of a group of 'illuminations' bought from Spithower in Rome on 18 December 1860 (now Museum nos 1487-1537).
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 1517, 1520.
Associated object
1517 (Object)
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. 47, MS. 457 (as German, 2nd half of the 13th century).
  • 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. 38 (as German, 2nd half of the 13th century).
  • Swarzenski, H., Deutsche Buchmalerei des XIII Jahrhunderts, Berlin: Deutsche Verein Für Kunstwissenschaft, 1936. pp. 29, 108, figs 252-253 (as Middle Rhine?, c.1260).
Other number
MS.457 - Cancelled number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1520

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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