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Leaf Excised from an Antiphonary: Initial Q with Saints Peter and Paul

Leaf Excised from an Antiphonary: Initial Q with Saints Peter and Paul

c. 1325
ink, tempera and gold on vellum
Each leaf: 32.3 x 21.9 cm (12 11/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2003.171
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This leaf comes from a manuscript once owned by the famous Victorian art critic John Ruskin (1819–1900), who removed some of its leaves to give away as gifts.

Description

The sheet belonged to an antiphonary, a large liturgical book used by the choir for chanting. It contains all the music and texts needed for daily services in the church. In South Flanders, where this manuscript originates, the Confrérie des Charitables de Saint-Éloi has been active since 1188, when a plague wave raged in the region. This brotherhood was in charge of giving bread to the poor, caring for the sick, consoling the dying, burying the dead, and giving them a burial.
  • John Ruskin (1819-1900), London, England
    [Bruce Ferrini (1949-2010), Akron, OH, sold to Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
    ?-2003
    Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn Durham, NC, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2003-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. Catalogue of Valuable Books and Illuminated and Other Manuscripts: Comprising Books from the Library of the Late James Smith, Esq. ... Including Many Early Works of Travel in America ... Books from John Ruskin's Library ... Including Early English Literature ... Illuminated Horae ... Persian and Other Oriental Mss., Relics of Various Celebrated Authors. London: Dryden Press, J. Davy and Sons, 1913. lot 509
    Randall, Lilian M. C. Images in the Margins of Gothic Manuscripts. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966.
    Manion, Margaret M., and Vera F. Vines. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts in Australian Collections. Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 1984. p. 98, no. 42, pl. 25
    Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 74, cat. no. 72 archive.org
    George, Philippe. Art et Patrimoine en Wallonie des Oigines à 1789: Essai de Synthèse à la Lumière des Collections Américaines et Européennes. Namur: Institut du Patrimoine Wallon, 2017. Reproduced: p. 201, fig. 304 a-b
  • Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
    The Netherlandish Miniature, 1260-1550 (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 8, 2014).
    The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).
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