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Leaf from a Psalter with Full Border with Medallions (Annunciation, SS. Jerome, Clare, Sebastian and Bernardino) and Historiated Initial (E): Virgin and Child

1475

Italy, Umbria or Tuscany, 15th century

Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

Sheet: 57 x 39 cm (22 7/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.642

Location

not on view

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Saint Bernardino, seen in the lower right, was a popular and much-venerated preacher from Siena.

Description

This leaf contains Psalm 67. The original full manuscript would have held all 150 psalms. Psalters like this were made in a large format for communal prayer. This leaf is richly adorned with an elaborate border with a historiated, or decorated, initial E showing the Madonna and Child. Around the border are Saint Jerome, Saint Clair, Saint Sebastian, and Saint Bernardino, a popular and much-venerated preacher from Siena, Italy. The bottom medallion depicts the Annunciation, or announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. She is shown seated, reading from a book of hours.

Inscriptions

Inscription

(Front:) Exurgat Deus, et dissipentur inimici ejus Sicut deficit fumus deficiant sicut fluit cera a facie ignis sic pereant peccatores a facie Dei Et iusti epulentur exultent in conspectu Dei delectentur in Laetitia Cantate Deo psalmum dicite nomini eius iter facite ei qui ascendit super occasum Dominus nomen illi et exultate in conspectu (Back:) eius turbabuntur a facie eius Patris orfanorum et iudicis viduarum Deus in loco sancto suo Deus inhabitare facit unius moris in domo qui educit vinctos in fortitudine similiter eos qui exasperant qui habitant in sepulchris Deus cum egredereris in conspectu populi tui cum pertransieris in deserto Terra mota est etenim caeli distillaverunt a facie Dei Sinai a facie Dei Israel Pluviam voluntariam segregabis

Inscription Translation

Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered and let them that hate him flee from before his face. As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness. Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence, who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place: God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert: The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain…

Inscription Remark

Psalm 67

Provenance

-1952

Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh

1953-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh

Citations

Ricci, Seymour de. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Supplement. New York: Bibliographical Society, 1961.

Exhibition history

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).

Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 5, 2018-December 2, 2019).

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Leaf from a Psalter with Full Border with Medallions (Annunciation, SS. Jerome, Clare, Sebastian and Bernardino) and Historiated Initial (E): Virgin and Child

Italy, Umbria or Tuscany, 15th century

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