The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 21, 2024
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Office of the Dead with Psalm 5 (verso)
c. 1460
circle of Coëtivy Master
(French)
Overall: 18.5 x 14.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
James Parmelee Fund 2022.102.b
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
St. Alexis is depicted here as a courtly person of the 1400s to bring him close to the reader.Description
The leaf shows the life of St Alexis, a monk of the 300s. His veneration became popular in France since the 1100s when the French poem la Vie de saint Alexis was written. This text is regarded as one of the earliest examples in romance language written in French and not in Latin.- Parent Manuscript owned by Erza Clark Stillman (1907-95), New York, NYJörn Günther and Bruce Ferrini, London, England and New York, NY-2020Roger Martin (1939-2020) of Grimsby-2022Dreweatts, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art2022-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm). Western Manuscripts and Miniatures: Monday 7 December 2020 : 2pm. 2020. Lot 81 online.fliphtml5.com
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