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1. Add MS 37472

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Title:
Seven cuttings from illuminated manuscripts
Scope & Content:
A collection of seven cuttings from illuminated manuscripts: f. 1r-v: A leaf from a prefatory cycle of miniatures, 24 square panels with scenes from the life of Christ. f. 2: a cutting from a Gradual,with a historiated initial, 'I'; f. 3: a cutting from a Gradual,with a historiated initial, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
12th century-15th century
Extent:

Parchment cuttings in cardboard mounts

2. Add MS 37472, f 3

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Title:
A cutting from a Gradual
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 3r: A historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of Romauld enthroned with a bishop saint (probably Augustine) and monastic saints John Gualbert (top right), Maurus and Placidus in Camaldolese habits. The initial 'O' introduced the introit to the Mass for the feast of Saint Romau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1371 - c. 1374
Extent:
Parchment cutting in a window mount

3. Add MS 37472, f 6

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Title:
Cuttings from a liturgical book
Scope & Content:
Contents: These fragments come from an important missal from Toulouse, probably cut by William Young Ottley. The decoration is attributed to Antoine de Lonhy (see Castaño, 'Un somptueux missel toulousain' (2020), 75-76). f. 6r: 6 historiated initials in gold on rose and blue grounds, arrange...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
6 parchment cuttings in a window mount

4. Add MS 37472, f 2

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Title:
A cutting from a Gradual
Scope & Content:
Contents: A cutting from a Gradual with a historiated initial 'I' in colours and gold, of two Creation scenes: the Creation of the Sky and of the Earth, where the Creator is represented with two faces. Attributed to the Master of the British Library Hymnal (active in Siena, first quarter of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment cutting in a window mount

5. Add MS 37472, f 4

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Title:
A cutting from a choir book
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 4r: A historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of Christ giving two books to a kneeling king. Below are of two winged putti musicians. f. 4v: Musical notation from a choir book, with staves in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment cutting in a window mount

6. Add MS 37472, f 5

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Add MS 37472, f 5
Title:
A cutting from a choir book
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 5r: A historiated initial 'A' in colours with gold, of a deacon, probably an Olivetan, sprinkling holy water, with foliate decoration; f. 5v: A partial four-line stave with musical notation and the letters '…n de'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1400-1499
Extent:
Parchment cutting in a window mount

7. Add MS 37472, f 1

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Add MS 37472, f 1
Title:
Picture leaf from a Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: A leaf with part of a prefatory cycle of miniatures, formerly part of a Psalter that is now Trinity College, Cambridge, MS R.17.1 (the 'Eadwine Psalter'). Other leaves from the same manuscript are now New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M 724 and M 521, and London, Victoria and Albert ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment folio in a window mount

8. Add MS 37472, f 7

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Add MS 37472, f 7
Title:
A cutting from a Prayer book
Scope & Content:
A framed miniature of the Death of the Virgin in colours with gold, with prayers on the verso.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1475-1499
Extent:
Parchment cutting in a window mount

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