© Fitzwilliam Museum
Macclesfield Psalter
Artist: Medieval
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: circa 1330
Materials: gold & tempera on vellum
Dimensions: 17 x 10.8cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £500,000 (Total: £1,685,600)
Vendor: Through Sotheby's
Review number: 5531 (2005)
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Provenance:
Commissioned by a patron of St. Andrew's church, Gorleston, Sussex; East Anglian convent in later Middle Ages; by 1600 Anthony Watson and John Smeaton; Sir Thomas Parker probaby when he purchased Shirburn Castle in 1716; Earl of Macclesfield; Sotheby's 2004.
Description:
An illuminated manuscript with 252 richly illustrated pages probably produced at Gorleston at a time when East Anglia was one of the foremost artistic centres in Europe. The manuscript is a fascinating record of medieval humour, teeming with bizarre and imaginative marginal illustrations. It was acquired after a high profile Art Fund public campaign was launched to raise the funds.
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