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Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

c. 1530–35
(French, d. 1546)
(French)
France, 16th century
ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
Each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2003.174
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The seven penitential psalms were recited to ask for forgiveness; they coincide with the seven deadly sins.

Description

These two adjoining leaves begin the penitential psalms, or holy poems recited to ask for forgiveness. An elderly King David is depicted kneeling in prayer after having committed great sins. He has cast his harp and hat to the ground as an expression of humility and looks up to the sky to ask forgiveness. The text of Psalm 6 begins with the large decorated initial D and reads, “Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me: neque in ira tua corripias me,” or “O Lord rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.”
  • Baron Jerome Pichon, Paris, France (1812-1896)
    [Richard Day, London, England (no. 69 only)]
    [Sam Fogg, London, England]
    [Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
    -2003
    Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2003-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sutton, Kay, and Sam Fogg. Medieval Manuscripts. London: Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, 1991. pp. 162-5, no. 39
    Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 72, cat. no. 70-71 archive.org
    Orth, Myra D. Renaissance Manuscripts: the Sixteenth Century. London: Harvey Miller, 2015. Reproduced: Comp. ill. 16-17, no. 45, v. 1: Mentioned: P. 165-167, cat. no. 45, v. 2
  • The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).
    Main Gallery rotation (gallery 113): November 29, 2012 - January 14, 2014.
  • {{cite web|title=Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)|url=false|author=Noël Bellemare, The 1520s Hours Workshop|year=c. 1530–35|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.174