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Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto)

Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto)

c. 1190
ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum
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.a
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 Paperborn(?)
    1777
    Convent of Kenmade, Westphalia
    Count von Kesselstadt
    Private Collection, Westphalia (until 1933)
    Cathedral of Paderborn(?); Convent of Kemnade, Westphalia (1777); Count von Kesselstadt; Private Collection, Westphalia (until 1933)
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 50 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 50 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 56 archive.org
    Cleveland 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. 37
  • Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 106): September 9, 2010 - February 14, 2011.
    Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
    Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit (Henry the Lion and his time). Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum (organizer) (August 6-November 12, 1995).
    Braunschweig, Germany, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, "Heinrich der Lowe und Seine Zeit Herrschaft und Reprasentation der Welfen 1125-1235" August 6, 1995-November 12, 1995.
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, "The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art," September 25-December 19, 1993.
    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).
    New York, The Metropolitan Musuem of Art: "The Year 1200" 01/12/1970-05/29/1970, no. 265.
    Die Kunst und Kultur und der Weser in der Zeit von 800 bis 1600. Corvey Castle, Corvey, Höxter, Germany (May 15-September 15, 1966).
    Domplatz, Germany, Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Castle Corvey: "Kunst und Kultur im Weserraum 800-1600" May 15-September 15, 1966, p. 508, no. 194.
    Westfallen, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte: "Kunst und Kultur im Wesserraum 800-1600" 1966, no. 194.
    Buffalo, Albright Knox Gallery: 12/2/1964-01/19/1965.
    Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963).
    Berkely, CA, University Art Gallery: "Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the early XVIth century" April 5, 1963-June 18, 1963; cat. no. 4, p. 12-13, repr. pl. I.
    The Cleveland Museum of Art: "The Helmarshausen Latin Gospel" March-June, 1959.
    Winnepeg Art Gallery, Canada; December 4, 1951-February 11, 1952.
    Cincinnati, The Taft Museum; "Medieval Art from XII to XV Xenturies," December 1948-January 1949.
    Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, "Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400", 1940; p. 8, no.22, pl. XIX.
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