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Title	[Manuscript illumination: capital S]
Collection	Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Date	late 15th century
Id Number Current Accession	F.121
Id Number Current Repository	1320
Inscription	Print seller�s details, and price "12/-" pasted to mount.
Location Creation Site	North Italy
Subject	Illuminated manuscripts;
Material	Paint and gold leaf on parchment.
Notes	Fragment from a large service book, possibly a Psalter. This would have originally been part of the Central School's Teaching Examples Collection.
Object Notes	Major initial "S", historiated; God is shown staring down from Heaven at King David praying, water/sea, foliate decoration, decorative overpainting in white (probably silver originally). Verso - textualis rotunda in Latin. The imagery seems to suggest that the figure is David.
Rights	University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Work Type	Fine Art