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Title Page of Abbot Berno's "Tonarius:" Initial D[omino]

c.1030

Germany, Abbey of Reichenau, 11th century

Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Sheet: 21.5 x 15.3 cm (8 7/16 x 6 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.88

Location

not on view

Description

This leaf originally served as the dedication page of the Tonarius, or Tonary, written by Reichenau's Abbot Berno (1008-1048). A tonary was a music manual used to regulate liturgical chants. Berno's manuscript was presented to Archbishop Pilgrim of Cologne (1021-1036) whose name appears at the bottom of this leaf.

Provenance
-1952
Mario Uzielli, Liestal, Switzerland, sold to Herbert N. Bier
1952
Mr. Herbert N. Bier, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1952-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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. 97 archive.org
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
Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Annegret Butz, and Sigrid von Borries-Schulten. Katalog der illuminierten Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. Stuttgart: Hiersemann, 1987. Mentioned: Bd.1, P. 41-42, no. 21
Berschin, Walter, and Ulrich Kuder. Reichenauer Buchmalerei 850-1070. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2015. Reproduced: p. 136, no. 47
Kuder, Ulrich and Klaus Gereon Beuckers. Studien zur Ottonischen Buchmalerei. Kiel: Verlag Ludwig, 2018. Mentioned; p. 341, no. 273
Exhibition history

Bern, Berner Kunstmuseum "Kunst des frühen Mittelalters" 1949, cat. no. 121.

Kunst des frühen Mittelalters (Bern: Berner Kunstmuseum, 1949): no. 121.

Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, "Art in the book" December 5, 1953 - January 3, 1954, cat. no. 16

CMA, "The Helmarschausan Latin Gospels" March 1 - June 1959.

University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, "Romanesque Art," November 6 - December 4, 1960.

Berkely, University of California Berkely, University Art Gallery, "Loan Exhibition of Illuminated Manuscript Pages" 04/05/1963-06/18/1963

Stadt Augsburg, "Suevia Sacra: Fruhe Kunst in Schwaben" 05/09/1973-10/16/1973, no. 169.

The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"

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

Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963).

Suevia Sacra. Staatsgalerie in der Katharinenkirche Augsburg, 86150 Augsburg, Germany (organizer) (June 30-September 16, 1973).

The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).

Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).

Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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