Lehigh University, SC MS 0431 GU 15F

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30443

Shelfmark:

SC MS 0431 GU 15F

Title:

Clipping of a decorated initial

Decorated initial

Date:

n.d.

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: Parchment; 49 x 48 mm

Note:

Layout: Fragment, 1 letter on recto
Decoration: Decorated initial, with green and blue border and rose or pink in the middle, heightened in white, and illuminated with tooling.
Clipping on paper
Cut out of a printed book, hinged to a piece of cardboard
Printed text on verso is in German, possibly from the Legend of the Archangel Michael.
Provenance: All items in enclosure 15 identified by donor as having come from Bloomsbury Book Auctions 58 (20 June 1986), likely from lot 201
Provenance: Copy of catalogue included in the enclosure.

Keyword:

fragments (object portions)

illuminations (paintings)

Institutional Record:

https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/medieval-manuscripts/medieval-leaves-fragments-donated-georgetown-54

IIIF Manifest:

https://preserve.lehigh.edu/node/450661/book-manifest

Holding Institution:

Lehigh University