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Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso)
c. 1190
Sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.445
Location: not on view
Description
This leaf comes from a volume that is preserved in the Trier Cathedral Library in Germany (Codex 142).- Cathedral of Paderborn(?), Germany1777Convent of Kenmade, Westphalia, GermanyCount von Kesselstadt-1933Private Collection, Westphalia, Germany1933N. V. Internationale Antiquiteiten Handelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1933-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Swarzenski, George. "Aus dem Kunstkreis Heinrichs des Löwen," Städel-Jahrbuch VII-VIII, (1932). pls. 211- 212, p. 263 ffJansen, Franz. Die Helmarshausener Buchmalerei zur Zeit Heinrichs des Löwen. Hildesheim: August Lax, 1933. pp. 118, 119, pl. 29Milliken, William M. "Manuscript Leaf from the Time of Duke Henry the Lion." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 21, no. 3 (1934). pp. 35-9 www.jstor.orgArts of the Middle Ages [Boston, 1940]. Boston [MA]: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1940. no. 22, pl. XIXSiffrin, Petrus. "Eine Schwesterhandschrift des Graduale von Monza: Reste zu Berlin, Cleveland und Trier," Ephemerides Liturgical (1950). pp. 53-80The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 105 archive.orgGrabar, André, Carl Nordenfalk, and Stuart Gilbert. Romanesque Painting: From the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Century. [New York]: Skira, 1958. p. 195Cleveland Museum of Art, and William Mathewson Milliken. The Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1958. repr. 22Wixom, William D. "The Helmarshausen Latin Gospels." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 4 (1959). pp. 58-59 www.jstor.orgRonig, Franz. "Ein Fehlendes Blatt der Handscrift NR. 142/124 des Trierer Domschatzes" Archiv für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte XIII (1961). pp. 404-412Ricci, Seymour de. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Supplement. New York: Bibliographical Society, 1961. 427Dinkler-von Schubert, Erika. Der Schrein der Hl. Elisabeth zu Marburg; Studien zur Schrein-Ikonographie. Marburg an der Lahn: Verlag des Kunstgeschichtlichen Seminars der Universität, 1964. 14f., abb. 24The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 50 archive.orgKorzus, Bernard, and Heinz Stoob. Kunst und Kultur im Weserraum, 800-1600; Ausstellung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Corvey, 1966. Münster in Westfalen: [Aschendorff], 1966. no. 194, p. 508, repr. p. 684Ronig, Franz. "Die Darstellung der Geburt Christi: Ein Bild aus dem Geist hochmittelalterlicher Theologie" Saarheimat 12 (December 1968). p. 319, repr. coverThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 50 archive.orgMunro, Thomas. Form and Style in the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetic Morphology. Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970. pl. VHoffmann, Konrad, and Florens Deuchler. The Year 1200: A Centennial Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 12 Through May 10, 1970. 1970. p. 267, fig. 265Clemoes, Peter. Anglo-Saxon England. 2. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1973. repr. pl. IaThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 56 archive.orgBritish Archaeological Association. Medieval Art and Architecture at Winchester Cathedral. [London]: British Archaeological Association, 1983. p. 25, fig. VIIIbDe Winter, Patrick M. "The Sacral Treasure of the Guelphs." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 1 (1985). p, 110, no. 81 www.jstor.orgMeckseper, Cord. Stadt im Wandel: Kunst und Kultur des Bürgertums in Norddeutschland 1150-1650 : Ausstellungskatalog. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Edition Cantz, 1985. undefinedLuckhardt, Jochen, and Franz Niehoff. Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit: Herrschaft und Repräsentation der Welfen 1125-1235 : Katalog der Ausstellung, Braunschweig 1995. München: Hirmer, 1995. repr p. 579, G 79Ronig, Franz. Ein romanisches Evangeliar aus Helmarshausen im Trierer Domschatz: (Ms. Nr. 142/124/67). Trier: Paulinus, 1999. Fig. 19, 20, 32Bogen, Steffen. Träumen und Erzählen Selbstreflexion der Bildkunst vor 1300. München: W. Fink, 2001. Pg 79, no 25Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 119-121, no. 37Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007. p. 124, repr. p. 125, no. 40Loer, Ulrich. "Heilssuche in romanischer Zeit - Ecclesia und Synagoge unter dem Kreuz: Auf den Spuren des Evangeliars Heinrichs des Lowen in Soest." das munster (4/2013, 65. Jahrgang): 274-87. p. 282, fig 12García Avilés, Alejandro, and Antonia Martínez Ruipérez. Las profecías de las Sibilas: imágenes paganas en el arte cristiano (siglos v-xv). 2019, 70. Mentioned and reproduced; pp. 70-71, fig. 92.
- Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 15, 2021-January 23, 2022) https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/imperial-splendor.Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit (Henry the Lion and his time). Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum (organizer) (August 6-November 12, 1995).The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).Stadt im Wandel: Kunst und Kultur des Bürgertums in Norddeutschland (City in Transition: Art and Culture of the Bourgeoisie in Northern Germany). Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Germany (organizer) (August 24-November 24, 1985).Die Kunst und Kultur und der Weser in der Zeit von 800 bis 1600. Corvey Castle, Corvey, Höxter, Germany (May 15-September 15, 1966).Kunst und Kultur im Weserraum 800-1600. Corvey (1966).Religious Art. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (December 15, 1964-January 10, 1965).Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963).The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (February 17-March 24, 1940).
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