(Q2747)
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Antonio di Girolamo (1479–1556),
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C. L. Ricketts, bought from Tregaskis, cat. 764 (December 1914), no. 28; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
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1534
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Binding: Not bound.
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Figurative details, One cutting: Historiated "D" in coloured leafy design, approximately 147 mm. square, showing the Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew (Matthew 4: 18–19), Christ standing on a bare rocky shore on the left, the apostles in their boat with a net and apparently a fishing rod, distant ships towards the horizon, all on a burnished gold panel; below, a panel within a faceted frame...
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Script, One cutting: Gothic.
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Music, One cutting: Music in black neumes on a 4-line red stave, on verso.
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Layout, One cutting: Recto with very large historiated initial ‘D’; verso with part of 3 lines of text.
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Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 633; Hindman and Rowe 2001, p. 263 and fig. 146.
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One cutting: Coat of arms look heraldically improbable and they are not readily identifiable, but they might be those of an institution, such as a guild or scuola which could have endowed a chapel with choirbooks. The scroll around the pillar reads “D[omi]n[us] firmamentum” (psalm 17: 2). The arms look heraldically improbable and they are not readily identifiable, but they might be those of an...
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One cutting: Latin.
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One cutting: It almost certainly began the introit Dominus secus mareat Mass on the feast of Saint Andrew, 30 November, at the opening of the Sanctoral, describing how Jesus called the brothers Peter and Andrew from their boat as he walked along the shore of Galilee. The text on the verso is consistent, with part of the communion chant for that day, Venite post me faciam vos fieri piscatores...
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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