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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for May (recto)
c. 1510
Leaf: 18.1 x 12.9 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2011.65.a
Location: not on view
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It is believed that medieval men and women read their books of hours aloud, not silently.Description
This calendar page from a book of hours shows the month of May with an illumination of the labor of the month, falconry, the popular medieval sport of hunting with a trained bird of prey. A couple rides through the forest, a falcon on the man’s outstretched arm. May is also associated with fertility rites, and the next scene shows the amorous couple on a break from the hunt. Below are saint days honored in May. May 5th’s inclusion of Saint Audoennus, who was popular in Rouen, helps indicate that this book was made for use in that city.- Carlton R. Richmond30 October 1981[Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 30 October 1981, lot 54][Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]-2011Jeanne Miles Blackburn, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art2011-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 64, cat. no. 62 archive.org
- The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 62, illus. p. 64.
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