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Detailed record for Additional 18197, ff. A and H
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| Title |
Cuttings from a choir book |
| Origin |
Italy, N. (Lombardy) |
| Date |
3rd quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
2 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the Beheading of John the Baptist (f. A) and Lawrence (f. H); with on the reverses, part of one four-line red stave, musical notation, and rubric text 'In inventione / s[an]c[t]i stephani. Ad ve / s[er]pas an. Stephan[us]. In noct[ur]no tria R[?]xia / p[ri]ma. Sicut i[n] nat[?]e l' (f. Av); and of two four-line red staves, musical notation and partial text '…omen cunta /…hieru' (f. Hv). |
| Dimensions in mm |
95 x 120 (f. A); 150 x 145 (f. H) |
| Official foliation |
Parchment cuttings in double-sided window mounts, foliated as 'A' and 'H'. |
| Form |
Parchment cuttings in double-sided window mounts, kept in two boxes with other cuttings. |
| Binding |
N/A |
| Provenance |
Inscribed 'aa', 'II' f. Av) and 'cc' (f. Hv).
William Young Ottley (b. 1771, d. 1836), writer on art and collector: possibly part of his sale, 11 May 1838 but not identifiable; inscribed by Frederic Madden on a sheet in box: '18,197.a-l / The eleven miniatures which follow were purchased / at the sale of Messrs. Payne & Foss at Sotheby's, 27th June 1850. / Lot 1088. They formerly, it is probable, belonged to / Mr W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.
Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.
William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4 16s; purchased from Boone on the same day by the British Museum. |
| Notes |
Italian cuttings.
The present cuttings are kept in two boxes with Add. 18197, ff. B-F and G, I-M (there is no f. J). To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18197, ff. A-F and ff. G-M.
Musical notation. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1848-1853 (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1868), p. 87.
J. J. G. Alexander, 'Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in British Collections', in La Miniatura Italiana tra Gotico e Rinascimento: atti del II Congresso di Storia della Miniatura Italiana, Cortona, 24-26 settembre 1982, ed. by Emanuela Sesti (Florence: Olschki, 1985), 99-126 (p. 110 n. 30), reprinted in Jonathan J. G. Alexander, Studies in Italian Manuscript Illumination (London: Pindar Press, 2002), 22-54, 382-84 (p. 33 n. 30). |
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f. A
Beheading of John the Baptist |
f. H
Lawrence |
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