Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1520 (made)
Cut-out decorated initial A; Netherlands (South); ca 1520
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| Brief description | Cut-out decorated initial A; Netherlands (South); ca 1520 |
| Object history | Part of cuttings purchased in batches from William Henry James Weale in 1883, 95 on 9 April 1883, 258 on 17 April 1883, 20 on 20 February, for the total sum of £96.7.2 (now Museum nos 8972-9042). |
| Historical context | Data taken from notes compiled by Rowan Watson. The full text of the entry is as follows: '29.10/1 9002 B LETTER A Cut-out decorated initial A (letter-shape of brushed gold pruned branches and sticks laid as crosses, pink violet with two white butterflies, red carnation and four bees, on blue ground) Rubric from an Antiphoner visible: In festo sancti Calixti pape et mart'; Simon and Jude; Vigil of All Saints; Communion, Gradual and Introit indicated NL (South) c. 1520 90 x 90 mm. Bought from Weale, 1883, 5s. 1923 cat, 16' |
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| Accession number | 9002B |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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