Leaf from Antiphoner
Manuscript Cutting
late 15th century (made)
late 15th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Leaf, with decorated 2-line initial E (red and blue "puzzle" letter- shape, floral infill on black and red grounds) , floral pattern in left-hand margin. 7 lines of music (staves of red lines).
Rubric: In die sanctorum Innocentium Officium. Text: Ex ore infancium Deus et lactericium...
Verso not visible. Mounted onto card.
Rubric: In die sanctorum Innocentium Officium. Text: Ex ore infancium Deus et lactericium...
Verso not visible. Mounted onto card.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Leaf from Antiphoner |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Leaf from Antiphoner with decorated initial E, Germany (probably Cologne), late 15th century. |
| Physical description | Leaf, with decorated 2-line initial E (red and blue "puzzle" letter- shape, floral infill on black and red grounds) , floral pattern in left-hand margin. 7 lines of music (staves of red lines). Rubric: In die sanctorum Innocentium Officium. Text: Ex ore infancium Deus et lactericium... Verso not visible. Mounted onto card. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Purchased from J. & S. Goldschmidt as part of three portfolios (now Museum nos 234-296) designated as a 'Illuminations: a collection of 338 specimens, pages and cuttings' for the total sum of £100.0.0, received on 15 October 1872; passed on for Register in April 1874 (see Register of Drawings). A duplicate number MS.13 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: 281, 3076. |
| Associated object | 3076 (Object) |
| Other number | 13 - Cancelled number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 281 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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