Accession number
MS M.1189
Object title
Historiated initial E: Christ Carrying the Cross.
Display Date
ca. 1510-1515.
Created
France, Tours, ca. 1510-1515.
Credit line
Purchased with a grant from the B.H. Breslauer Foundation, 2014.
Description
1 single leaf (cutting), matted : vellum, ill. ; 150 x 135 mm
Provenance
The parent codex of the cutting is not known and no other fragments from it have so far been identified; this cutting was bought by the Morgan in Angers, Chauviré et Courant, 10-11 December 2013, lot 347.
Notes
An historiated in initial "E" from an Antiphonary depicting Christ Carrying the Cross, illuminated by the Master of Claude de France in Tours, between 1510 and 1515.
Decoration: historiated initial with decorated border.
Artist: Master of Claude de France.
This cutting joins other Morgan illuminations by the Master of Claude de France: MSS M.1051, M.1143, M.1166, M.1171.
Decoration: historiated initial with decorated border.
Artist: Master of Claude de France.
This cutting joins other Morgan illuminations by the Master of Claude de France: MSS M.1051, M.1143, M.1166, M.1171.
Script
Littera gothica textualis rotunda italiana (Italian Gothic book script)
Language
Latin
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