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Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)

Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)

c. 1300
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Sheet: 28.5 x 20 cm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege 1982.141
Location: not on view

Description

This leaf and others are known to survive from a magnificent missal made for the use of Beauvais Cathedral. The two large decorated initials illustrate the preface to the Canon of the Mass.
  • c. 1300
    Robert de Hangest, Canon of Beauvais gave to the Beauvais Church, France
    c. 1300-
    Beauvais Church, France
    (Sale: Sotheby's, 1926)
    1926-1942
    William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), Beverly Hills, CA
    1942
    [Sale: Gimbel Bros and Hammer Galleries, New York, NY, 1942, no. 480-4]
    1942
    Philip Duschnes, New York, NY, to Otto F. Ege
    1942-1951
    Otto F. Ege (1888–1951), Cleveland, OH, through inheritance to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim
    1951-1982
    Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1982-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, S. (1983). Year in Review for 1982. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 70(1). p.50, no.10 www.jstor.org
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Resplendent Faith: Liturgical Treasuries of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2009. Pg. 27, fig. 21
    Davis, Lisa Fagin. Beauvais Missal – Virtual Reconstruction Fragmentarium (Accessed May 2021). fragmentarium.ms
    Davis, Lisa Fagin. Reconstructing the Beauvais Missal, (Accessed July 2022). brokenbooks2.omeka.net
  • 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).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"
    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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