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Title	[Manuscript illumination: Initials C and O]
Collection	Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Date	[late 12th century]
Id Number Current Accession	F.13.1
Id Number Current Repository	1198
Inscription	On frame �45/- me� �From Beckingham Hall Norfolk�; T.E.B. label for Jan 1897 and number �1404� �Lethaby 173�
Location Creation Site	[Italy]
Subject	Illuminated manuscripts;
Material	Ink, paint and gold leaf on parchment
Notes	(Capital C cut from book, cf. B.424, B.425). This would have originally been part of the Central School's Teaching Examples Collection.
Object Notes	Inhabited initial "C", the Virgin Mary and Christ, Saints - latin text and musical notation. Initial in blue, red, green and flesh colours, depicting Christ and the Virgin Mary in front of a jewelled canopy, above eight apostles, one of whom wears a bishop's mitre - presumably St. Peter, crudely painted border, gilt haloes and corner panels.
Rights	University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Work Type	Fine Art