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Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion

c. 1480
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Sheet: 22.9 x 15.9 cm (9 x 6 1/4 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1949.205
Location: not on view

Description

In addition to the Virgin and St. John, this image includes a kneeling bishop (probably the donor of the manuscript) and a kneeling Carthusian monk along the lower right-hand edge. The manuscript may have been commissioned by this unknown bishop-donor and given to a Carthusian monastery with which he had some connection. Bishops frequently donated manuscripts to ecclesiastical foundations during the Middle Ages.
  • ?-1943
    Mrs. Otto H. Kahn, sold to Joseph Brummer
    1943-1949
    Joseph Brummer, NY
    1949
    Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1949-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N5712 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
  • 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).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"
    Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"
    Scriptorium: The Illuminated Book in Medieval Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-February 2, 1992).
    Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
  • {{cite web|title=Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion|url=false|author=|year=c. 1480|access-date=09 July 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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