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Manuscript Cutting

ca. 1500 (made)
Place of origin

Illuminated manuscript border depicting foliated scrolls on checkered background of blue, red and gold


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, colour pigments and ink on parchment
Brief description
Illuminated manuscript border from a choir book, France, ca. 1500s
Physical description
Illuminated manuscript border depicting foliated scrolls on checkered background of blue, red and gold
Dimensions
  • Width: 31.75mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1923)
  • Length: 292.1mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1923)
Object history
Purchased from Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, together with other cuttings (now CIRC.312 to 334-1923); received on 10 April 1923 (Information from Departmental Circulation Register 1923).
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: CIRC.333-1923, CIRC.334-1923.
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1923
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.333-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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