The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 22, 2025
Leaf from a Psalter(?): Annunciation (recto); Nativity (verso)
early 1200s
(possibly Prufening or Augsburg)
Sheet: 19 x 15 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.447
Location: Not on view
Description
Psalters were commonly used in monasteries and convents during the Middle Ages; the exact origin of this detached psalter leaf, however, is unclear. Stylistically it relates to a small number of manuscripts produced at Prüfening Abbey near Regensburg and to other examples associated with scriptoria at Augsburg from the early 1200s. Though its immediate source remains obscure, it is certainly South German.- The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 107 archive.org
- Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 14, 2016-December 4, 2017).When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982).Romanesque Art. Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (November 6-December 4, 1960).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.447