The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Single Leaf Excised from a Gradual and Sacramentary: Initial A[d te lavavi]

c. 1000–1010

Austria, Salzburg

ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Sheet: 22 x 16.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.447
Location: Not on view

Description

A large initial A introduces the opening words from Psalm 25, Ad te levavi animam meam (Unto thee have I lifted up my soul). The volume to which this leaf belonged may have been produced in the scriptorium of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter at Salzburg.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 45 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. 45 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. 49 archive.org
  • Devotion and Learning in the Middle Ages. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 4, 2017-December 3, 2018).
    Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).
    The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).
    The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH, January 5-January 7, 1958, "Manuscripts."
    Toledo Museum of Art, January 11-March 1, 1953, "Medieval and Renaissance Music Manuscripts."
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1933.447