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Decorated initial P

Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1510 (made)
Place of origin

Other side: part of a theological text in small cursive script, some phrases underlined in red:`Luce s. ait... ut notum facet... post illa verba confiteor'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDecorated initial P
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Cut-out decorated initial P; Netherlands (South); ca 1510. A duplicate number MS.363 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.
Physical description
Other side: part of a theological text in small cursive script, some phrases underlined in red:`Luce s. ait... ut notum facet... post illa verba confiteor'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50mm
  • Width: 54mm
Production typeUnique
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).
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the circulating collection of illuminated manuscript leaves and cuttings selected from the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, intro. by E.F. Strange, London: HMSO, 1908.
Collection
Accession number
9001N

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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