Untitled (DS576) (Q2690)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 101)
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Untitled (DS576)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 101)

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    Second artist of the Hours of Cecilia Gonzaga, New York, Morgan Library M 454 (Alexander c. 2010, pp. 65–66).
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    William Young Ottley (1771-1836) probably; John Rushout, second Baron Northwick (1770-1859); Northwick Park sale, Sotheby’s, 21 May 1928, part of lot 14; C. L. Ricketts, and acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
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    s. XV(4/4); 1475-1499
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    Binding: Not bound.
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    Figurative details, One cutting: A large historiated initial ‘O’ enclosing the Virgin and Child seated on a classical marble throne, the Virgin holding a book, the Child holding a bird, angel musicians with lutes perched on the arms of the throne, set in a meadow of flowers with roses behind, all within a faceted red initial including gothic architectural compartments from which putti emerge...
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    Script, One cutting: Liturgical book hand.
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    Music, One cutting: On verso: traces of music on a 4-line red stave 42 mm. high.
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    Manuscript note: The initial here may have been lot 154, of the sale of William Young Ottley (1771-1836) at Sotheby’s, 11 May 1838: "The madonna and Infant seated on Throne", one of several attributed in the catalogue to the same painter and described in italics as "very delicately executed". It was sold for £2. 1s. It has clearly been attached to card and was probably framed.
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    Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 632; Alexander c. 2010, pp. 65-66.
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    One cutting: On verso, part of two words e largitus The initial probably opened the first antiphon at Vespers on the feast of the Purification of the Virgin, O admirabile The dove on the Child??™s lap is mentioned in the account of the Purification in Luke 2: 24, and is part of Italian iconography of the festival. The fragment of text on the verso is from the end of the same antiphon, ???isine...
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    One cutting: Latin.
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    One Cutting: Large initial "O".
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    28 June 2023
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    28 June 2023
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