This leaf and others are known to survive from a magnificent missal made for the use of Beauvais Cathedral. The two large decorated initials illustrate the preface to the Canon of the Mass.

<i>The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).

The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art

<i>The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).

The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"

A vertically oriented ink and tempera manuscript leaf on off-white vellum features two columns of black calligraphy. Historiated initials frame gold-bordered scenes: at our upper left, a priest with light skin tone in blue and white robes at an altar; at our lower right, a crowned figure faces a blindfolded person. Elaborate borders of gold and colorful vines frame the page, populated by small animals, including a rabbit.

Robert de Hangest, Canon of Beauvais gave to the Beauvais Church, France

William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), Beverly Hills, CA

[Sale: Gimbel Bros and Hammer Galleries, New York, NY, 1942, no. 480-4]

Philip Duschnes, New York, NY, to Otto F. Ege

Otto F. Ege (1888–1951), Cleveland, OH, through inheritance to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)

Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)

France, Beauvais, late 13th-early 14th Century

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Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)

France, Beauvais, late 13th-early 14th Century

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Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)

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