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Manuscript Cutting

early 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cutting from a Grant of Arms or of Nobility in the Holy Roman Empire. Suspended over a tiled floor strewn with weapons and armour is a shield of arms surmounted by two crowned helmets and crests of a black eagle and red wings. The shield is flanked by figures of Mars and Minerva, and above are the arms of the Electors and a medallion portrait, possibly of the Emperor Leopold I or Charles VI.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
illumination on vellum
Brief description
Cutting from a Grant of Arms, or of Nobility, in the Holy Roman Empire, with the arms of the electors and a medallion portrait, German, early 18th century
Physical description
Cutting from a Grant of Arms or of Nobility in the Holy Roman Empire. Suspended over a tiled floor strewn with weapons and armour is a shield of arms surmounted by two crowned helmets and crests of a black eagle and red wings. The shield is flanked by figures of Mars and Minerva, and above are the arms of the Electors and a medallion portrait, possibly of the Emperor Leopold I or Charles VI.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5625in
  • Width: 5.8125in
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).
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.1121-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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