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Isaiah and Resurrected Christ (MS M.1069.1-2).

Accession number
MS M.1069.1-2
Object title
Isaiah and Resurrected Christ (MS M.1069.1-2).
Created
Padua, Italy, late 15th or early 16th century
Credit line
Purchased on the Herzog Fund, 1985.
Description
2 leaves : vellum, ill. ; M.1069.1: 98 x 70 mm, M.1069.2: 99 x 72 mm
Provenance
James Dennistoun; Isabella Caroline Henson, née Dennistoun (1869-1949); Kenneth McKenzie Clark, Lord Clark of Saltwood; his sale, London, Sotheby's 3 July 1984, lot 111; Maggs Brothers Ltd., London.
Notes
Two ms. leaves, cuttings probably from a choir book, illuminated at Padua by Antonio Maria da Villafora, late 15th or early 16th century.
Decoration: M.1069.1: Isaiah in an initial E; rotunda script on verso; Italian Renaissance style.
Decoration: M.1069.2: Resurrected Christ in an initial O; rotunda script on verso; Italian Renaissance style.
Script
rotunda
Language
Latin
Century
Classification