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Historiated initial D

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

Historiated initial D showing a youth holding a club. This is a common way of representing a fool to introduce Psalm 14 starting 'Dixit insipiens in corde suo...' (The fool hath said in his heart...).
Other side not visible. Mounted onto card.

Object details

Categories
Manuscript Cutting
Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Manuscript cutting
TitleHistoriated initial D
Materials and techniques
Parchment
Ink
Pigments
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Historiated initial D showing a youth holding a club, from a choirbook, attributed to Cristoforo Cortese, Venice, before c. 1445.
Physical description
Historiated initial D showing a youth holding a club. This is a common way of representing a fool to introduce Psalm 14 starting 'Dixit insipiens in corde suo...' (The fool hath said in his heart...).
Other side not visible. Mounted onto card.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.625in
  • Width: 4.875in
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.
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.
  • Dalla Bibbia di Corradino a Jacopo della Quercia. Sculture miniature italiane del Medioevo e del Rinascimento, exhibition catalogue ed. by A. Bacchi, Milan, Galleria Nella Longari, 1997, pp. 128-129, cat. no. 50 by M. Bollati, p. 128.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1113-1925

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Record createdMay 25, 2007
Record URL
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