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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Initial V with Floral Border (recto); Text (verso)
c. 1460–1500
(? ) or Bohemia (?)
Each leaf: 13.9 x 10.6 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The Office of the Dead, usually at the end of books of hours, contains the same set of prayers the ordained used during funeral rites.Description
The word dirge, today meaning a mournful hymn for funerals, comes from the opening Latin in the Office of the Dead, seen just after the decorative letter A at upper left. During the Middle Ages, dirge became the shortened way to refer to the Office of the Dead. Although primarily recited at funerals, the office was also prayed at home as a reminder of mortality and a protection against sudden death. Surrounding the text, which contains Psalm 5, is a border decoration of acanthus leaves, believed to grow in paradise, as well as a parrot, a squirrel, a beetle, and flowers.- [Librairie van Loock, Brussels, Belgium]-2006Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, Fl, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art2006-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. 62, cat. no. 60 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).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2006.12