A. David lifting up his soul (in the form of an infant) to God, in a large initial A (Ps. xxiv.); with musical notes. Tuscan school, XIVth cent. 16 x 11 ¾ in. David, King: Miniatures of, 14th cent.: circ. 1500.
MINIATURES and borders, taken out of Italian illuminated MSS., on vellum; formerly in the collection of the late John Malcolm of Poltalloch. B, C, G-Q, were brought to England about 1820 by the Abbate Cellotti, "who stated that they had been cut out of books in the Vatican Library during the time of the French occupation of Rome" (Cat., p. 279). Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings.
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Miniatures and borders, from various MSS.: 14 6th centt.
B. St. Michael and his Angels, in combat with the Dragon and his host; below, the miracle of Monte Galgano. From a choral book, with musical notes (App. ii. 1 in the Descriptive Catalogue of . . . the collection of John Malcolm of Poltalloch, Esq., by Sir J. C. Robinson, 1876, p. 277). Tuscan sc...
The manuscript is a single cutting from a leaf originally part of a large choirbook, now Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Codice Corale 2. On the recto, the cutting comprises a very large historiated initial 'R' in gold and colours, within a border and on a gold background. Human heads...
D. The Resurrection, in a large initial R. Milanese school, circ. 1500. 12 X 10 ½ in. Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Miniatures of the life of Christ: 15th-16th centt.
E. Adoration of the Magi, in an initial C. Milanese school, circ. 1500,. 73 X 73 in. Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Miniatures of the life of Christ: 15th-16th centt.
F. The Last Supper, in an initial N. Milanese, school, circ. 1500. 7 x 71/8 in. Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Miniatures of the life of Christ: 15th-16th centt.
G. The Nativity, in an initial P; below, the Annunciation to shepherds (Descr.. Cat., App. ii. 3). Umbrian school, late XVth cent. 16 X 13 in. Court of Rome: Leaves from MSS. formerly in the Vatican Library: 14th - 16th centt. Court of Rome: Leaves from MSS. formerly in the Vatican Library: ...
H. Scroll-work border; from a MS. formerly in the Vatican (Descr. Cat., App. ii. 5). XVth cent. 14 ½ X 10 in. Court of Rome: Leaves from MSS. formerly in the Vatican Library: 14th - 16th centt. Court of Rome: Leaves from MSS. formerly in the Vatican Library: 14th - 16th centt.
I. Border, containing the arms and device (a ring with three feathers) of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici [Cardinal, 1513; Pope, as Clement VII., 1523; died 1534]; within are an initial T enclosing a miniature of a cardinal performing mass, and an inscription "Julius de Medicis, Cardin. Electus Sum. ...
