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Historiated initial S

Manuscript Cutting
before 1445 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cortese, Cristoforo (attributed to)
Place of origin
Italy (made)
Venice (made)

Cut-out historiated initial S showing the Pentecost (descent of Holy Ghost on Virgin Mary and Apostles).
Other side not visible. Mounted onto German marbled paper.

Object details

Categories
Manuscript Cutting
Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Manuscript cutting
TitleHistoriated initial S
Materials and techniques
Parchment
Ink
Pigments
Marbled Paper
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Historiated initial S showing the Pentecost, from a choirbook, attributed to Cristoforo Cortese, Venice, before c. 1445.
Physical description
Cut-out historiated initial S showing the Pentecost (descent of Holy Ghost on Virgin Mary and Apostles).
Other side not visible. Mounted onto German marbled paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 150mm
  • Width: 140mm
  • Initial only height: 140mm
  • Initial only width: 130mm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Credit line
Given by Captain John Ball
Object history
Presented by Captain John Ball to the museum in 1925, together with a few other manuscript cuttings and prints (now E.1112-1925 to E.1136-1925).
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: E.1112-1925, E.1113-1925, E.1114-1925 and E.1115-1925.
Subjects depicted
Holy Ghost
Pentecost
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
  • The Martello Collection. Further paintings, drawings and miniatures, 13th-18th century, ed. by M. Boskovits, Florence 1992, pp. 48-50, cat. no. 9 by D. Parenti, p. 50.
  • U. Bauer-Eberhardt, Cortese (Cortesi; Cortesio), Cristoforo (de’), in Saur. Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, 21, München-Leipzig 1999, pp. 362-364: p. 362.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1112-1925

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Record createdMay 25, 2007
Record URL
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