Second Sunday Family Day: May Menagerie

Today

Monday, May 27, 2013, 12:00 a.m.
  • Missal (detail), 1469. Bartolomeo Caporali (Italian, c. 1420–c. 1505), assisted by Giapeco Caporali (Italian, died 1478). Ink, tempera, silver and burnished gold on vellum (400 folios; 3 full-page illuminations; 31 historiated initials); 35 x 25 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2006.154
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Second Sunday Family Day: May Menagerie

Sunday, May 10, 2013, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

11:00 a.m–4:00 p.m.

Art-making: Historiated Letters
Decorate a letter in the way that can be seen in the Caporali Missal.

Art-making: Make a Card
Make a small card that you can decorate like your own manuscript.

Art-making: Drolerie and Marginalia
Oftern illuminators added fun scenes to their manuscripts. Try your hand at making some.

Scavenger Hunts: Caporali Missal 1-2-3, Knights and Armor Hunt, and Museum Menagerie
Play these scavenger hunts with your family, and enter to win a prize.

11:30–12:00 p.m. and 1:00–1:30 p.m.

Art Stories: Lord, Ladies, and the Castle
This storytime series, aimed at families with children under 10, fuses art and literature. Come and explore this month's topic—castles—with us!

1:00–3:00 p.m.

Art Cart: Knights
This special collection of art can be touched by visitors wearing gloves. Learn about the art related to the art and technology of knights.

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