Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1500 (made)
Cut-out decoration from a Choirbook with grotesque face in profile biting a fruit that extends from acanthus ornament in lower margin; Germany; ca 1500
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| Brief description | Cut-out decoration from a Choirbook with grotesque face in profile biting a fruit that extends from acanthus ornament in lower margin; Germany; ca 1500 |
| Object history | Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 3053, 3066, 3067, 3068. |
| Historical context | Data taken from notes compiled by Rowan Watson. The full text of the entry is as follows: 'Cat. no. 20.2 3066 (MS 59) CHOIR BOOK Cut-out decoration with grotesque face in profile biting a fruit that extends from acanthus ornament in lower margin Text ; [Ev]ovae Germany c. 1550 125 x 160 mm part of 1 line of music (staves of 4 lines, 24 mm) and Text visible; Hufnagel notation Annotated by Art Museum "No. 39, 1/11/[18]58; transferred from Art Museum, 1863 Pub; 11908 cat, 17; 1923 cat, 14' |
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| Accession number | 3066 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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