Extent: 3 fragments : vellum ; 15 x 15 cm. or smaller, mounted to 47 x 30 cm. (1 folder) print
Abstract
3 historiated initials: (1) the letter "P" with funeral service for an Augustinian canon; (2) the letter "G" with St. Nicholas of Tolentine; (3) the letter "D" with St. Anthony Abbot, inscribed "IHS" and "Marie fili[us]" in white ink.
Drawn in tempera and colored inks with gold leaf. The illuminations have been attributed to the Lombard artist Ambrogio da Marliano. No. 1 is separately mounted; nos. 2 and 3 are mounted together. The verso of no. 3 shows text in a large rotunda gothic hand, with music on a 4-line staff. The other 2 versos are not visible. MS Typ 984. Houghton Library, Harvard University. The Houghton Library accession number 90M-16 and former Fogg Art Museum accession numbers should no longer be used in referring to these fragments. The Fogg Museum numbers correspond to the present item numbers as follows: 1916.21 = no. 1; 1916.38 = no. 2; 1916.39 = no. 3. Also available in an electronic version.
