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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.13.2
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	Nativity scene - latin text and musical notation. Capital O in blue, red, green and flesh colours, depicting two haloed women in blue by a cradle containing a baby with a halo, above an ark, below a stylised building, and in front of a canopy, three other women and a boy present. Musical notation and Latin text on verso.
Rights	University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Work Type	Fine Art