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Leaf from a Psalter: Nativity (verso)

early 1200s

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Germany, Bavaria (possibly Prufening or Augsburg), 13th century

Ink and tempera on parchment

Sheet: 19 x 15 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.447.b

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.

Citations

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

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"

Romanesque Art. Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (November 6-December 4, 1960).

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).