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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Christ Carrying the Cross (Sext, Hours of the Cross)

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Christ Carrying the Cross (Sext, Hours of the Cross)

c. 1410–1420
(?)
ink, tempera and gold on vellum
Each leaf: 17.2 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.127
Location: not on view

Description

Within books of hours, the Hours of the Cross normally received only one miniature, a Crucifixion, as its introduction. There are exceptions, however, and in some books of hours a Passion cycle of seven miniatures, one for each hour (except Lauds), might be found. The present leaf with its miniature of Christ Carrying the Cross would have been part of such a cycle of pictures in which it introduced the Hour of Sext (confirmed by the rubric, Ad Sextam). The composition shows Christ laboring to support the weight of the cross as he journeys to Calvary. The Virgin and Saint John appear at the far left as the group exits the gates of Jerusalem. In the background, the body of Judas is seen suspended from a tree high upon a hill.
  • [Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
  • Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 35, cat. no. 27 archive.org
  • Main Gallery rotation (gallery 113): January 14, 2014 - January 26, 2015.
    The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"
    Limbourg Brothers, Nijmegen Masters at the French Court (1400-1416) . Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (August 28-November 20, 2005).
    Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (8/28/2005 - 11/20/2005): "Limbourg Brothers, Nijmegen Masters at the French Court (1400-1416) ", ex. cat. no 110. p. 387-388.
    Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"
    The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).
    CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 27, illus. p. 35.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.127