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Isaiah and Resurrected Christ

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Accession number: 
MS M.1069.1-2
Title: 
Isaiah and Resurrected Christ
Created: 
Padua, Italy, late 15th or early 16th cent.
Credit: 
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 Carolina Dennistoun; 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
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
15th century
16th century
Genres: 
Illuminated manuscripts
Illuminated initials
Illuminated initials
Vellum (parchment)
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts