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Detailed record for Additional 54246
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| Title |
Cutting from a liturgical manuscript |
| Origin |
Italy, Central (Rome) |
| Date |
3rd quarter of the 16th century |
| Artists |
An artist in the circle of Giulio Clovio (Juraj Klovic) (b. Grizane, Croatia 1498, d. Rome, 3 January 1578) and Apollonio de' Bonfratelli (b. ? Capranica, d. Rome, 1575). |
| Decoration |
1 miniature in colours and gold, of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Holy Family and the shepherds in a stable, with three putti bearing a scroll inscribed 'Gloria in excelsis deo et in terra pax hominibus' above and the Annunciation to the Shepherds in the background, within a decorative gilded architectural border of putti, caryatids and faces. |
| Dimensions in mm |
120 x 85 |
| Official foliation |
Mounted parchment cutting. |
| Form |
Mounted parchment cutting. |
| Binding |
N/A |
| Provenance |
Eric George Millar (b. 1887, d. 1966), librarian: bequeathed by him to the British Museum in 1966. |
| Notes |
Italian cutting. |
| Select bibliography |
The British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts. New Series. 1966-1970 (London: British Library, 1998), pp. 95-96.
D. H. Turner, 'The Eric Millar Bequest to the Department of Manuscripts: the Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts', British Museum Quarterly, 33 (1968), 17-37, p. 36, pl. 16. |
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Adoration of the Shepherds and Annunciation to the Shepherds |
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