Decorated initials, cuttings (DS9622) (Q42870)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18618467, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861846, mssHM 47643)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Decorated initials, cuttings (DS9622) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18618467, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861846, mssHM 47643) |
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22 July 2024
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Detached leaves--Italy--14th century
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Decorated initials--Italy--14th century
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14th century
14. century
1300Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Extent: 21 cuttings : parchment ; 80 x 430 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Gothic.
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Layout: (i) 7 cuttings of the letter "I" from the same manuscript as HM 47642, with six lines of text and music on four-line red staves, ca. 34 mm. high (430 x 80 mm; other letters ca. 130-180 x 45-60 mm). (ii) 5 cuttings of the letter "M,", four from the same manuscript as HM 47642, and one in another style, presumably from a second manuscript. (iii) 9 cuttings of the letter "G," six from the...
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Music: Music on 4-line red staves.
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Span folios: 21 cuttings.
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Mainly from the same manuscript as HM 47642, with some from a second manuscript (an initial M) and some (2 or 3 letter Gs) from a third. Overall measurements are of the largest initial (an I of the first set of cuttings).
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Assigned Date: s. XIV.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/2/2009.
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All three manuscripts written in Italy. The "M" initials originally framed and glazed, the frame with a printed label "P. J. BACHMANN / FINE ARTS," the probable source of all parts of HM 47642 and 47643. Alice Millard (d. 1938), rare book dealer of Pasadena. Mounts and labels inscribed in pencil with stock(?)-numbers, e.g. "#18," and "from the Millard Collection" and "formerly PSS 389."
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18 April 2025
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