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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Leaves Excised from a Psalter (seven)

c. 1260

Flanders, Liège, 13th century

(?)
tempera and gold on vellum
Sheet: 13 x 8.9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.145
Location: Not on view

Description

Traditional locations within the texts of manuscript psalters were marked by decorated initials or full-page miniatures. These miniatures designated the major divisions of the psalms as used in the daily office. The extraordinary quality of these miniatures suggests they once decorated a deluxe psalter made for a wealthy or aristocratic patron.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 53 archive.org
  • The Netherlandish Miniature, 1260–1550. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 8, 2014).
    Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 115): December 16, 2013 - December 8, 2014.
    The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).
    Late Medieval Art. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (October 31-November 26, 1958).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1953.145