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Manuscript Cutting

1490s (made)
Place of origin
Mainz (Rheinland-Pfalz) (made)
Germany (made)

Leaf from Antiphoner. Historiated initial O with green acanthus letter-shape and twin-towered church with flag of resurrection. Burnished gold. Floral stems in margin. Germany. ca 1490 A duplicate number MS.571 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
Leaf from Antiphoner. Historiated initial O with green acanthus letter-shape and twin-towered church with flag of resurrection. Burnished gold. Floral stems in margin. Germany. ca 1490 A duplicate number MS.571 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.
Object history
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 1107:1, 1107:2, 1107:3, 1107:4, 1107:5, 1107:6, 1107:7, 1107:8, 1107:9, 1107:10, 1107:11, 1107:12, 1107:13, 1107:14, 1107:15, 1107:16, 1107:17; 1107:18, 1107:19, 1107:20, 1107:21, 1107:22, 1107:23, 1107:24, 1107:25, 1107:27, 1107:28, 1107:29, 1107:30, 1107:31, 1107:32, 1107:33, 1107:34, 2897, 3019, 3046, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3055, 3055A, 3056, 3071, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4054, 4132, 7658, 7659.
Historical context
Data taken from notes compiled by Rowan Watson. The full text of the entry is as follows:

'1107.9 (MS 571)
ANTIPHONER
Leaf, with an historiated initial O (green acanthus letter-shape, twin-towered church with flag of resurrection, burnished gold) and floral stems in margin

Rubric: (1) An'. Edificavit Moyses altare (2) R'. Ornaverunt faciem templi

Germany (Mainz?). c.1490
495 x 355 mm; written space 348 x 252 mm.
7 lines of music (staves of 5 red lines, 30 mm) and text
Hufnagel notation
P. "227" (16c)

Pub: 1923 cat, 53'
Bibliographic references
  • 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). pp. 43-45 (as German (Mainz), dated 149_).
  • Catalogue of the circulating collection of illuminated manuscript leaves and cuttings selected from the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, intro. by E.F. Strange, London: HMSO, 1908.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1107:9

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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