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The different clothing worn by the monks and nuns indicates which religious order they belonged to: white for Cistercians [left cuttings] and white with a black veil for Camaldolese nuns, a strand of the Benedictine order [right leaf].<br>\r\n<br>\r\nClockwise from top left:<br>\r\nInitial ‘R’ with monks singing and playing the organ, from a \r\nCistercian gradual<br>\r\nProbably Guelders, Eastern Netherlands, about 1300–50<br>\r\nMuseum no. 8990A<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLeaf with King David presenting his soul to God the Father, \r\nfrom a Camaldolese gradual<br>\r\nAttributed to Lippo Vanni (active about 1340–75)<br>\r\nPossibly Siena, Italy, about 1350–75<br>\r\nInk, gold, watercolour and bodycolour on parchment<br>\r\nMuseum no. 4149<br>\r\n<br>\r\nInitial ‘C’ with monks attacked by Death and dragged into Hell,\r\nfrom a Cistercian choirbook<br>\r\nNetherlands, about 1500–30<br>\r\nInk, gold, watercolour and bodycolour on parchment<br>\r\nMuseum no. 9004H ","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["4149"],"accessionNumberNum":"4149","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Cancelled number","id":"THES52962"},"number":"963"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2025PH3110"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-01","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}