The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with the Three Marys at the Tomb and "Noli me Tangere"
c. 1270–1300
Sheet: 55 x 33.5 cm (21 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The name gradual derives from the practice of singing on the “gradual” steps of a raised pulpit.Description
This choral leaf introduces the introit, or opening prayers, of the Easter Sunday Mass. The historiated letter R begins the text Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum, alleluia (I arose, and am still with you, alleluia). Within the upper register of the initial, the artist represents the three women named Mary, mentioned in the gospels, who discovered Christ’s empty tomb. In the lower register, a scene known simply as noli me tangere (touch me not), recounts the appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene following the Resurrection. When she recognized him, he asked that she not touch him but go to the disciples with the message that he was now risen.- -1955Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1955-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
- Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 5, 2018-December 2, 2019).The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).
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