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Leaf from a gradual

Manuscript Cutting
1400-1425 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cortese, Cristoforo (attributed to)
Place of origin
Venice (made)
Italy (made)

Verso: historiated initial E enclosing a haloed figure, probably St John the Evangelist.
Text: Introitus 'Ego clamavi quoniam exaudisti me...'. Introit for Tuesday, 3rd week of Lent.
Pagination in red at the top of the page: 'xcii'.
7 lines of stave (4 red lines, 25 mm) and text; square notation.

Object details

Categories
Manuscript Cutting
Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Manuscript cutting
TitleLeaf from a gradual
Materials and techniques
Parchment
Ink
Pigments
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Leaf with historiated initial E enclosing a haloed figure (probably St John the Evangelist) attributed to Cristoforo Cortese, from a gradual, Venice, early 15th century.
Physical description
Verso: historiated initial E enclosing a haloed figure, probably St John the Evangelist.
Text: Introitus 'Ego clamavi quoniam exaudisti me...'. Introit for Tuesday, 3rd week of Lent.
Pagination in red at the top of the page: 'xcii'.
7 lines of stave (4 red lines, 25 mm) and text; square notation.
Dimensions
  • Height: 560mm
  • Width: 395mm
  • Stave height: 25mm
Production typeUnique
Object history
Bought from Messrs G. Hess & Co. on 31 December 1894 together with one other leaf from the same manuscript and a series of 17th-century ink drawings on vellum for the total sum of 202 Marks 50 Pf. (now D.636:1 to 32-1894, D.637A and D.637B-1894).
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: D.637A-1894 and D.637B-1894.
Associated object
D.637B-1894
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts : Part II, Miniatures, leaves, and cuttings, by S.C. Cockerell and E.F. Strange (London: HMSO, 1908, 1st edition). p. 84.
  • 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). p. 77.
  • Bacchi, A. (ed.), Dalla Bibbia di Corradino a Jacopo della Quercia. Sculture miniature pp. 128-129, no. 50 (attributed to Cristoforo Cortese).
Other number
MS 960 - Cancelled number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
D.637A-1894

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Record createdMay 25, 2007
Record URL
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